America Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. Jonathan Spence teaches in the field of Chinese history from around 1600 to the present and on Western images of China since the middle ages at Yale University.

List of Illustrations; Introduction by Jonathan Spence; Preface by Wu Tingfang; The Importance of Names; American Prosperity; American Government; America and China; American Education; American Business Methods; American Freedom and Equality; American Manners; American Women; American Costumes; American versus Chinese Civilization; American versus Chinese Civilization (continued); Dinners, Banquets, Etc; Theaters; Opera and Musical Entertainments; Conjuring and Circuses; Sports