
Four Hundred Million Customers: The Experiences—Some Happy, Some Sad, of an American Living in China, and What They Taught Him
Four Hundred Million Customers: The Experiences—Some Happy, Some Sad, of an American Living in China, and What They Taught Him
#411 of 3,809 books · #185 in Biography & Memoir
Won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1937).
In this charming memoir, Carl Crow recounts his adventures and experiences while living in China in the early 20th century. He provides a unique and insightful perspective on Chinese culture and society, and his anecdotes about his interactions with the Chinese people are both humorous and heartwarming.
- Publisher
- Legare Street Press
- ISBN-13
- 9781020798467
- Genre
- Topics
- American expatriate life in ChinaEarly 20th-century Chinese culture and societyBusiness and cross-cultural experiences
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1937)
Other awarded books from Carl Crow
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