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China's American Daughter: Ida Pruitt, 1888-1985
Marjorie King
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Description for China's American Daughter: Ida Pruitt, 1888-1985
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. She was the first Director of Social Service at the Peking Union Medical College, where she established social casework in China. She later served as the executive secretary of the American Committee in Support of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, the only U.S. aid agency to provide support to both Nationalist and Communist regions during the Chinese Civil War. She was also one of the early advocates for U.S. diplomatic recognition of the ... Read more
Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. She was the first Director of Social Service at the Peking Union Medical College, where she established social casework in China. She later served as the executive secretary of the American Committee in Support of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, the only U.S. aid agency to provide support to both Nationalist and Communist regions during the Chinese Civil War. She was also one of the early advocates for U.S. diplomatic recognition of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789629962210
SKU
V9789629962210
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About Marjorie King
Marjorie King, Ph.D., an independent historian, has taught at the Beijing Foreign Affairs College and the China Youth College for Political Science. She is a member of the International Committee in Support of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and is a co-director of the Ida Pruitt Memorial Scholarship Project at the Shandan Bailie School. Currently, she teaches at the National Experimental ... Read more
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