Name/Title
China's First HundredEntry/Object ID
2001.014.00029Description
Reprint of 1942 book describing 30 young Chinese boys who landed in San Francisco in 1872 to begin a ten-year period of education in United States colleges and technical institutions. These students returned to China as the first Chinese to receive an extensive education in Western technology and ideas. China's First Hundred, as they were called, built China's first railroads, developed China's mines, constructed a nationwide system of telegraph lines, became naval officers in an attempt to modernize China's navy, and took a prominent part in the events leading to the Revolution of 1911, paperback, 184 pagesDimensions
Height
9 inWidth
6 inDepth
1/2 inBook Details
Author
Thomas E. LaFargueEdition
Reprint of original 1942 publication by State College of WashingtonPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Pullman, WashingtonDate Published
1987ISBN
0-87422-035-1