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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463868303321

Autore

Bieler Stacey

Titolo

"Patriots" or "traitors"? : a history of American-educated Chinese students / / Stacey Bieler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-1187-2

1-315-70693-8

1-317-47834-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 p.)

Collana

East Gate Book

Disciplina

371.829/951073

Soggetti

Chinese students - United States - History

Returned students - China - History

Electronic books.

China Civilization Western influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology or Chinese Students' Lives; Prologue. Planting Talents for the Future: The Chinese Educational Mission, 1872-1881; Chapter 1. Reaping the Whirlwind: China and the United States, 1880-1910; Fei Qihe: Associate General Secretary of the YMCA in Beijing; Chapter 2. Preparing Students for the United States: Tsinghua School, 1911-1928; Wang Chi: China's Liaison Officer to the U.S. Army under General MacArthur; Wen Yiduo: A Student's Mixed Feelings; Chapter 3. Sailing from Shanghai

Zhang Fuliang: Rural Welfare AdvocateChapter 4. Carrying a Satchel in a Strange Land; Hong Ye: A Historian; The Huie Kin Family: Providing a Spiritual Home; Chapter 5. Experimenting with Democracy; V.K. Wellington Koo: Representing China in Washington and Geneva; Chapter 6. Student Ambassadors; Chen Hengzhe: The First Chinese Woman University Professor; Henry Fearing: The Influence of One Hospitable Man; Hu Shi: China's Ambassador to the United States during World War II; Chapter 7. The Road that Leads to Home; Yan Yangchu: The Rural Reconstruction Revolutionary



Ren Hongjun: Saving China through ScienceTao Xingzhi: Educating the Common and the Gifted; Mei Yiqi: Saving China's Universities; Chapter 8. Smashing the Bridge to the West; Luo Longji: A Human Rights Advocate; Liang Sicheng: Saving China's Heritage; Chapter 9. No Place to Display One's Talents; Epilogue. Continuing the Quest for Modernization: Chinese Students in the United States, 1978-2002; Timeline; Appendix A: Chinese Students in the United States, 1914; Appendix B.: List of Boxer Scholars and Tsinghua Alumni Teaching at Tsinghua, 1925-1926

Appendix C: Countries of Origin of Foreign Students in the United States for the Academic Year 1923-1924Appendix D: Top Last Schools Attended in China for Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1854-1953; Appendix E: "Don'ts" for Foreigners When Discussing China; Appendix F: "Truth" about China and the United States; Appendix G: Top American Colleges and Universities Granting Degrees to Chinese Students, 1854-1953; Appendix H: Fields of Study, Chinese Students in the United States, 1905-1932; Appendix I: "The Return of the Donkey"; Notes; Glossary of Names; Glossary of Phrases

Sources for IllustrationsBibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This title sxplores the love-hate relationship between the USA and China through the experience of Chinese students caught between the two countries. The book sheds light on China's ambivelance towards the Western influence, and the use of educational and cultural exhanges as a political device.