Project Gutenberg 2007-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 99 Gratton, Henry Pearson As A Chinaman Saw Us: Passages from His Letters to a Friend at Home Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "As A Chinaman Saw Us: Passages from His Letters to a Friend at Home" by Gratton is a collection of letters written in the early 20th century. The author, a cultivated and educated Chinaman, shares his observations and experiences during a decade spent in America, addressing various aspects of American life, culture, and society from his unique perspective. This remarkable commentary not only provides insight into the quirks and contradictions of American civilization but also reflects on the assumptions and attitudes encountered by the author as a foreigner in a new land. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the author's intent to humorously critique and analyze American society while retaining a sense of entertainment. He delves into the complexities of what it means to be American, expressing both admiration and skepticism about various features of American life, from immigration patterns to social customs. The author paints a vivid picture of the American character, marked by contradictions and a sense of superiority while revealing the nuances that arise from America's multicultural fabric. Overall, the beginning sets the stage for an engaging critique filled with wit and keen observations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Description and travel United States -- Social life and customs E151 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 328260 328267 2024-09-10T05:26:51.161594 2023-09-10T08:54:26.569870 text/html text/html 332138 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 212068 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 300182 2024-09-10T05:26:58.303555 application/epub+zip 301512 2024-09-10T05:26:53.963600 application/epub+zip 195562 2024-09-10T05:26:52.918580 application/epub+zip 580058 2024-09-10T05:27:01.863562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541618 2024-09-10T05:26:57.516559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349463 2022-09-10T15:32:34.933632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296042 295832 2024-09-10T05:26:50.649580 2023-09-10T08:54:25.882880 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 295806 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114368 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 295799 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114320 2007-10-02T10:05:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20159 2024-09-10T05:27:02.005528 application/rdf+xml 26556 2024-09-10T05:26:53.292580 image/jpeg 4887 2024-09-10T05:26:53.096570 image/jpeg 288345 2024-09-10T05:26:51.194599 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog