Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life: The Journal of Harriett

Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life: The Journal of Harriett Low, Travelling Spinster
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Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life, the title chosen by Harriett Low for her journal, aptly describes the conflicting emotions of the first American woman to live in China. Making a rude transition from the tranquility of Salem, Massachusetts into a world of sampans and sedan chairs, women with bound feet and men with queues, the lively young American records a detailed portrait of her life in Macao from 1829-1834. The constricted lifestyle of foreign merchants wives, forced by the Chinese to live in Macao while their husbands traded tea and opium in Canton: balls, operas, and picnics; Chinese customs and Catholic processions; true friendship and false; romance or religion are all reflected in the pages of her journal. Throughout nine volumes, Harriett Low displays wit and courage as she metamorphoses from a socially naive girl into a mature, independent woman.
Published for the first time as a complete edition, Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life chronicles not only the impact of Western capitalism on a declining Chinese empire but also the importance of money in affairs of the heart. Forced to reject her fiancÃ© because he lacked prospects, Harriett Low survives by immersing herself in the literature and language she loves, as well as a re-examined Unitarian faith. Independent in outlook, she is an obvious antecedent of a contemporary American woman.
Country USA
Brand Creative Options
Manufacturer Creative Options
Binding Hardcover
EANs 9780938106296
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Creative Options
Manufacturer	Creative Options
Binding	Hardcover
EANs	9780938106296
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Lights and Shadows of a Macao Life: The Journal of Harriett Low, Travelling Spinster

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