• Complain

Isabelle Maynard - China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)

Here you can read online Isabelle Maynard - China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives) full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 1996, publisher: University of Iowa Press, genre: Non-fiction. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

No cover
  • Book:
    China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
    University of Iowa Press
  • Genre:
  • Year:
    1996
  • Rating:
    5 / 5
  • Favourites:
    Add to favourites
  • Your mark:
    • 100
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives): summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

Isabelle Maynard: author's other books


Who wrote China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.

China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives) — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make
title China Dreams Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin Singular Lives - photo 1

title:China Dreams : Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin Singular Lives
author:Maynard, Isabelle.
publisher:University of Iowa Press
isbn10 | asin:0877455716
print isbn13:9780877455714
ebook isbn13:9781587291449
language:English
subjectJews--China--Tianjin--Biography, Tianjin (China)--Biography.
publication date:1996
lcc:DS135.C5M39 1996eb
ddc:951/.154004924/00922
subject:Jews--China--Tianjin--Biography, Tianjin (China)--Biography.
Page i
China Dreams
Page ii
Singular Lives:
The Iowa Series in
North American Autobiography
ALBERT E. STONE,
SERIES EDITOR
Page iii
China Dreams
Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin
By Isabelle Maynard
Foreword by Albert E. Stone
Picture 2
University of Iowa Press Iowa City
Page iv
University of Iowa Press Iowa City 52242 Copyright 1996 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Design by Karen Copp
No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach.
Many of the names in this book have been changed to protect the privacy of the people portrayed.
Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maynard, Isabelle, 1929
China dreams: growing up Jewish in Tientsin / by Isabelle
Maynard.
p. cm.(Singular lives)
ISBN 0-87745-562-7 (cloth), ISBN 0-87745-571-6 (paper)
1. JewsChinaTientsinBiography. 2. Tientsin
(China)Biography. I. Title. II. Series.
DS135.C5M39 1996
951'.154004924'00922DC20
[B]Picture 3Picture 4Picture 5Picture 696-24321
Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10CIP
01 00 99 98 97 96 C 5 4 3 2 1
01 00 99 98 97 96 P 5 4 3 2 1
Page v
To my parents,
SOPHIE AND DAVID ZIMMERMAN,
with love and admiration
Page vii
CONTENTS
Foreword by
Albert E. Stone
ix
Acknowledgments
xv
Prologue
xvii
I. Beginnings
Origins
3
My Amah
10
First Day of School
13
Mimosas Provide Shade
15
Land of Outcasts
22
Braverman, DP
23
The Pig and I
35
Quarantine
37
Opaque Windows
49
Pei-tai-ho Summers
57
The Pursuit of Music
60
"We Must Return the Hospitality"
63
Figurines, Delicate
73
December 8, 1941
83

Page viii
II. Occupation
Men Talking
87
The Japanese Soldiers Who Came in the Night
90
Sammy
99
Brown Is the Color of My Betar Uniform
105
Red and Yellow
107
Taking a Bath
115
Carte Blanche
Next page
Light

Font size:

Reset

Interval:

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)»

Look at similar books to China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives). We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


Reviews about «China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives)»

Discussion, reviews of the book China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin (Singular Lives) and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.