The alienated academy : culture and politics in republican China, 1919-1937 / Wen-Hsin Yeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeh, Wen-Hsin.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 148.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Higher education and state--China--History--20th century.

Higher education and state.

Universities and colleges--China--History--20th century.

Universities and colleges.

Education--Political aspects--China--History--20th century.

Education.

Education--Political aspects.

History.

China--Civilization--1912-1949.

China.

Civilization.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.

Physical Description:

xv, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Published by Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University and distributed by Harvard University Press, 1990.

Summary:

The enormous changes in twentieth-century Chinese higher education up to the Sino-Japanese War are detailed in this pioneering work. Yeh examines the impact of instruction in English and of the introduction of science and engineering into the curriculum. Such innovations spurred the movement of higher education away from the gentry academies focused on classical studies and propelled it toward modern middle-class colleges with diverse programs.

Yeh provides a typology of Chinese institutions of higher learning in the Republican period and detailed studies of representative universities. She also describes student life and prominent academic personalities in various seats of higher learning. Social changes and the political ferment outside the academy affected students and faculty alike, giving rise, as Yeh contends, to a sense of alienation on the eve of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0674015851

OCLC:

20996157