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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chua, Amy
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, c2011.
Subjects:	Chua, Amy. Chinese American women > Biography. East and West > 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.
Item Description:	This ed. includes a new afterword.
Physical Description:	244 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-244).
ISBN:	9780143120582 (pbk.) 0143120581 (pbk.)
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. (Publisher Fact Sheets)