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Battle hymn of the tiger mother

Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices.

Main Author: Chua, Amy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Chua, Amy.
Chinese American women > Biography.
Mothers > United States > Biography.
Mothers and daughters > China.
Mothers and daughters > United States.
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Summary: Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices.
Physical Description: 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235).
ISBN: 9781594202841
1594202842
Author Notes: Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School and lectures frequently on the effects of gloabalization to government, business, and academic groups around the world. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Her title Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.

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