ELIZABETH J. LIPSCOMB is Professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.FRANCES E. WEBB is Reference Librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.PETER CONN is Professor of English and Chair of the Graduate Group in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Illustrations Preface Introduction: Rediscovering Pearl S. Buck by Peter Conn Keynote Adress: Pearl S. Buck and the American Quest for China by James C. Thomson, Jr. Historical Perspectives The Good Earth, Revolution, and the American Raj in China by Charles W. Hayford Pearl S. Buck in Search of America by David D. Buck Pearl S. Buck and American Women's History by John d'Entremont Pearl S. Buck's Reception in China Reconsidered by Liu Haiping Humanitarian Perspectives East/West Ties: Amerasian Children and the Work of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation by Grace C.K. Sum Welcome House: A Forty-Year History by Peter Conn Buck's Writings on Handicapped Children by Deborah Clement Raessler Literary Perspectives Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck? by Jane M. Rabb Pearl S. Buck and American Literary Culture by Peter Conn Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth: The Novel as Epic by Pradyumna S. Chauhan Scripting The Good Earth: Versions of the Novel for the Screen by James L. Hoban, Jr. Selected Bibliography Index Illustrations Nobel Prize Portrait Senior College Portrait Commemorative Stamp White House Gala With Amerasian Children At Her Desk MGM's The Good Earth

ELIZABETH J. LIPSCOMB is Professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.FRANCES E. WEBB is Reference Librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.PETER CONN is Professor of English and Chair of the Graduate Group in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Illustrations Preface Introduction: Rediscovering Pearl S. Buck by Peter Conn Keynote Adress: Pearl S. Buck and the American Quest for China by James C. Thomson, Jr. Historical Perspectives The Good Earth, Revolution, and the American Raj in China by Charles W. Hayford Pearl S. Buck in Search of America by David D. Buck Pearl S. Buck and American Women's History by John d'Entremont Pearl S. Buck's Reception in China Reconsidered by Liu Haiping Humanitarian Perspectives East/West Ties: Amerasian Children and the Work of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation by Grace C.K. Sum Welcome House: A Forty-Year History by Peter Conn Buck's Writings on Handicapped Children by Deborah Clement Raessler Literary Perspectives Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck? by Jane M. Rabb Pearl S. Buck and American Literary Culture by Peter Conn Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth: The Novel as Epic by Pradyumna S. Chauhan Scripting The Good Earth: Versions of the Novel for the Screen by James L. Hoban, Jr. Selected Bibliography Index Illustrations Nobel Prize Portrait Senior College Portrait Commemorative Stamp White House Gala With Amerasian Children At Her Desk MGM's The Good Earth

ELIZABETH J. LIPSCOMB is Professor of English at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.FRANCES E. WEBB is Reference Librarian at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.PETER CONN is Professor of English and Chair of the Graduate Group in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Illustrations Preface Introduction: Rediscovering Pearl S. Buck by Peter Conn Keynote Adress: Pearl S. Buck and the American Quest for China by James C. Thomson, Jr. Historical Perspectives The Good Earth, Revolution, and the American Raj in China by Charles W. Hayford Pearl S. Buck in Search of America by David D. Buck Pearl S. Buck and American Women's History by John d'Entremont Pearl S. Buck's Reception in China Reconsidered by Liu Haiping Humanitarian Perspectives East/West Ties: Amerasian Children and the Work of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation by Grace C.K. Sum Welcome House: A Forty-Year History by Peter Conn Buck's Writings on Handicapped Children by Deborah Clement Raessler Literary Perspectives Who's Afraid of Pearl S. Buck? by Jane M. Rabb Pearl S. Buck and American Literary Culture by Peter Conn Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth: The Novel as Epic by Pradyumna S. Chauhan Scripting The Good Earth: Versions of the Novel for the Screen by James L. Hoban, Jr. Selected Bibliography Index Illustrations Nobel Prize Portrait Senior College Portrait Commemorative Stamp White House Gala With Amerasian Children At Her Desk MGM's The Good Earth