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):

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

Education.

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

Higher education and state.

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

Universities and colleges.

China--Civilization--1912-1949.

China.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1990.

Other Title:

Culture and Politics in Republican China, 1919-1937

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Language and Learning

St. John's University and the Culture of the Shanghai Bourgeoisie

From Gentry Academies to Middle-Class Colleges

Shanghai University and the Ideal of Revolution

Danghua: Under the Guidance of the Party

College Life and the Costs of Style

"This Alien Place": Student Culture beyond the May Fourth Movement

Notes

Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Originally published in 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p.4391]-421).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-286-1

OCLC:

645374034

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172863 DOI