LEADER 03751nam 22006134a 450 001 9910826731203321 005 20230607215027.0 010 $a0-8047-8041-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804780414 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007152 035 $a(OCoLC)70770592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10042954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284029 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284029 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251310 035 $a(PQKB)10657708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037469 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037469 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10042954 035 $a(OCoLC)923699772 035 $a(DE-B1597)581556 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804780414 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007152 100 $a20000905d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeeking modernity in China's name$b[electronic resource] $eChinese students in the United States, 1900-1927 /$fWeili Ye 210 $aStanford $cStanford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8047-3696-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tA Note on Romanization --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER ONE Student Associational Life and Chinese Nationalism --$tCHAPTER TWO The Professionals: Predicaments and Promises --$tCHAPTER THREE The Question of Race --$tCHAPTER FOUR The Women's Story, 1880s-1920s --$tCHAPTER FIVE Between Morality and Romance --$tCHAPTER SIX The Serious Business of Recreation --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tCharacter List --$tIndex 330 $aThe students who came to the United States in the early twentieth century to become modern Chinese by studying at American universities played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. These former students exemplified key aspects of Chinese "modernity," introducing new social customs, new kinds of interpersonal relationships, new ways of associating in groups, and a new way of life in general. Although there have been books about a few especially well-known persons among them, this is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group as a whole. The collapse of the traditional examination system and the need to earn a living outside the bureaucracy meant that although this was not the first generation of Chinese to break with traditional ways of thinking, these students were the first generation of Chinese to live differently. Based on student publications, memoirs, and other writings found in this country and in China, the author describes their multifaceted experience of life in a foreign, modern environment, involving student associations, professional activities, racial discrimination, new forms of recreation and cultural expression, and, in the case of women students, the unique challenges they faced as females in two changing societies. 606 $aChinese students$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aChinese$xEducation (Higher)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aReturned students$zChina$vBiography 607 $aChina$xCivilization$y20th century 615 0$aChinese students 615 0$aChinese$xEducation (Higher)$xHistory 615 0$aReturned students 676 $a378.1/9829951073 700 $aYe$b Weili$01621073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826731203321 996 $aSeeking modernity in China's name$93954192 997 $aUNINA