Foreign Exchange: Counterculture Behind the Walls of St. Hilda's School for Girls, 1929-1937

by Judith Liu

Book Overview

Foreign Exchange is the story of Yeh Yuanshuang and Dorothea Kingsley Wakeman and their experiences at the American missionary school. Founded in 1875, the school that would become St. Hilda's School for Girls was intended to provide a strong, Christian education for its students. Daily student-teacher interactions, however, created an environment that allowed for a foreign exchange which led to the creation of a new culture that subverted both American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611460042
• ISBN13: 9781611460049
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"