16 Parents’ Deaths and Children’s Dispersal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. PLANNING A BUSINESS DYNASTY, 1907– 1932
6. 1 Parents Who Dreamed of a Business Dynasty 13
7. 2 Sons Who Tried for Admission to Cambridge 23
8. 3 Sons Who Did Not Want to Become British Citizens 49
9. II. BEHAVING CONTRARY TO THE PLAN, 1932– 1937
10. 4 A Son Who Wanted to Drop Out of Harvard 67
11. 5 A Son Who Was Sick 90
12. 6 A Son Who Proposed Marriage to a Westernized Woman 116
13. 7 A Daughter Who Spoiled a Marriage Alliance 147
14. III. REACTING TO WAR, 1938– 1945
15. 8 Sons Who Became Leaders in War time 165
16. 9 A Son Who Joined the Communists 185
17. 10 A Son Who Battled Depression 217
18. 11 Mother’s Struggle to Save Her Marriage 237
19. 12 The Family’s Postwar Disunion and Reunion 259
20. IV. ADAPTING TO REVOLUTION, 1946– 1956
21. 13 Father’s Decision to Live in the People’s Republic 279
22. 14 A Daughter Who Forged Family Alliances 298
23. 15 A Son Who Refused to Return to China 325
24. 16 Parents’ Deaths and Children’s Dispersal 344
25. Conclusion 355
26. Archives and Works Cited 367
27. Notes 377
28. Acknoledgments 421
29. Index 425