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

• Autore: Bieler Stacey
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (545 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.829/951073
• Soggetto topico: Chinese students - United States - History; Returned students - China - History
• Soggetto geografico: China Civilization Western influences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: "Patriots" or "traitors"
• ISBN: 0-7656-1187-2; 1-315-70693-8; 1-317-47834-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463868303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II