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Unbound Spirit Letters of Flora Belle Jan

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume collects the letters written over a thirty-year period by a second generation Chinese American woman, Flora Belle Jan (1906-50). Born in California to immigrant parents and educated at Berkeley and the University of Chicago, Jan raised three children with her husband Charles Wang and worked as a journalist in both the United States and China. Written during the years 1918-48, these letters offer unique insight into the social and political situation of educated, middle-class, professional Chinese American women in the early twentieth century. Literate, candid, and charming, they convey the intellectual curiosity and perspicacity of a vivacious and ambitious woman while tracing her engagement with two different worlds.

Book information

ISBN: 9780252033803
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 070.92
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 265
Weight: 594g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 28mm