Chinese Encounters With America - Journeys That Shaped the Future of China

Chinese Encounters with America tells the stories of twelve women and men whose American experiences transformed their lives and influenced China's trajectory.

About the author

Deborah Davis is professor emerita of sociology at Yale University, distinguished visiting professor at Fudan University, and visiting faculty member of the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University. Her books include Wives, Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China (2014, coedited with Sara L. Friedman).

Terry Lautz is the author of John Birch: A Life (2016) and Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic (2022). He is the former vice president and secretary of the Luce Foundation and has served as the board chair of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Lingnan Foundation, and Yale-China Association.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Lautz Davis
• Assisted by: Deborah Davis (Editor), Terrill E. Lautz (Editor), Lautz Terry (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9780231217187
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21718-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American–East Asian Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Asia, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, International Relations, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies