The Oil Prince’s Legacy : Rockefeller Philanthropy in China / Mary Bullock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullock, Mary, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Oil Prince's Legacy traces Rockefeller philanthropy in China from the nineteenth century to today. Family diaries, letters, interviews in China, and institutional archival records are used to tell a compelling story about successive Rockefeller generations and U.S.–China cultural relations. This book describes how Rockefeller philanthropy came to focus on elite science and medicine and ensured their ongoing importance in the American-Chinese relationship. That importance is still seen today in the ties of the two countries in natural and social sciences, the humanities, economics, and higher education. The Rockefeller family's involvement with China continues in the fourth and fifth generations, even as Rockefeller philanthropy is reshaped in response to China's rise as a global power. Understanding the origin, evolution, Cold War interregnum, and post-Mao renewal of Rockefeller philanthropy brings new clarity to the nature and tenacity of this ongoing bilateral relationship.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Figures

Preface and Acknowledgments

A Note on Names

INTRODUCTION

I ORIGINS

2 AGENDA

3 POLITICS

4 SURVIVAL

5 RENEWAL

6 LEGACY

Appendixes

A Rockefeller Philanthropic Expenditures for China

B Interviews with Peking Union Medical College Faculty and Graduates

C Chinese Names

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-7786-1

OCLC:

1294426368