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UNINA9910822396103321 |
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Feng Jin <1971-> |
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Titolo |
The making of a family saga : Ginling College / / Jin Feng |
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Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009 |
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1-4384-2914-2 |
1-4416-2978-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian universities and colleges - China |
Community life - China - Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) - History - 20th century |
Families - China - Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) - History - 20th century |
Missions - China |
Women intellectuals - China - Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) |
Women - China - Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng) - Social conditions - 20th century |
Women's colleges - China |
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) Intellectual life 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The House of a Hundred Rooms (1915–23) -- Building These Hallowed Halls (1923–27) -- The Return of the Native Daughter (1927–37) -- Dispersion and Reunion (1937–45) -- Things Came Undone (1945–52) -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The institutional history of Ginling College is arguably a family history. Ginling, a Christian, women's college in Nanjing founded by Western missionaries, saw itself as a family. The school's leaders built on the Confucian ideal to envision a feminized, Christian family—one that would spread Christianity and uplift the family that was the Chinese nation. Exploring the various incarnations of the trope of the "Ginling family," Jin Feng takes a microscopic view by emphasizing personal, subjective perspectives from the written and oral records of the |
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