A01=Liel Leibovitz
A01=Matthew Miller
Author_Liel Leibovitz
Author_Matthew Miller
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- ISBN 9780393342307
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 142 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2012
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1872, China—ravaged by poverty, population growth, and aggressive European armies—sent 120 boys to America to learn the secrets of Western innovation. They studied at New England’s finest schools and were driven by a desire for progress and reform. When anti-Chinese fervor forced them back home, the young men had to overcome a suspicious imperial court and a country deeply resistant to change in technology and culture. Fortunate Sons tells a remarkable story, weaving together the dramas of personal lives with the fascinating tale of a nation’s endeavor to become a world power.
Liel Leibovitz is host of Tablet’s daily Talmud podcast Take One and cohost of the Unorthodox podcast. Author of A Broken Hallelujah and Stan Lee and coauthor of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia, he lives in New York City. Matthew Milleris the co-author of Lili Marlene: The Soldiers’ Song of World War II. He lives in New York.
