To change China : Western advisers in China, 1620-1960 / by Jonathan Spence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, Jonathan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Relations.

China.

Relations.

China--Civilization--Western influences.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1980.

Summary:

"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume will serve as cautionary histories for businessmen, diplomats, students, or any other foreigners who foolishly believe that they can transform this vast, enigmatic country.

Contents:

1. Schall and Verbiest: To God Through the Stars 3

2. Peter Parker: Bodies or Souls 34

3. Ward and Gordon: Glorious Days of Looting 57

4. Lay and Hart: Power, Patronage, Pay 93

5. Martin and Fryer: Trimming the Lamps 129

6. Edward Hume: Yale for China 161

7. Mikhail Borodin: Life in the Sun 184

8. Todd and Bethune: Overcome All Terrors 205

9. Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer: A Compass for Shangri-La 228

10. The Last Rounds: U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. 279.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1969 ed. published by Little, Brown, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0140055282

OCLC:

5726042