The Resource Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington
Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington
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The item Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Normal Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Normal Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 319 p.
- Contents
-
- Gate
- Home
- Teach
- Population
- Learn
- The exam
- Winter
- Mountains, water
- Foreign
- Independence
- Mount Tai
- Words
- God
- Countryside
- Return
- Familiar
- Same
- Tired
- Contradiction
- Identity
- Cold
- Christmas
- Unique
- The Kitchen God
- Silk
- Hong Kong
- Egg
- Language
- The West
- Woman
- Sports
- Freedom
- Relationships
- Isbn
- 9781590208991
- Label
- Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China
- Title
- Home is a roof over a pig
- Title remainder
- an American family's journey in China
- Statement of responsibility
- Aminta Arrington
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Arrington, Aminta
- Dewey number
- 951.061
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS706
- LC item number
- .A77 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Arrington, Aminta
- Arrington, Aminta
- Americans
- China
- Adopted children
- Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China)
- Label
- Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316)
- Contents
- Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships
- Control code
- ocn759173570
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 319 p.
- Isbn
- 9781590208991
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759173570
- Label
- Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China, Aminta Arrington
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316)
- Contents
- Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships
- Control code
- ocn759173570
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 319 p.
- Isbn
- 9781590208991
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759173570
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