Academic uses of The Love of Lotus
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This memoir is of interest to students of history (20th century China and United States), education,
sociology, anthropology, religion, and literature. It includes personal descriptions of the following:
- negotiations for an arranged marriage in southern China early in the 20th century
- a Confucian ceremony performed when a youngster began school
- Cantonese family tea ceremonies, performed at important occasions
- classical Chinese basic education in Hong Kong in the 1930's
- essential principles and practices of Confucianism
- Christian missionary high school education in the Chinese mainland in the 1940's
- wartime events in southern China from 1941 through 1945
- observations of Communist rule in southern China during WWII
- U.S. immigration experiences in 1947 and during the latter 1950's
- professional education in the U.S during the 1950's
- the impact of classical Chinese and world literature upon the author
Information specific to The Love of Lotus:
ISBN-13: 987-0-9786135-8-7
ISBN-10: 0-9786135-8-0
LCCN: 2006904407
BISAC codes: BIO026000 SOC043000 FAM029000