Power of Position - Beijing University, Intellectuals, Chinese Political Culture, 1898

Zusatztext “Weston pushes far beyond such narrow confines in his very impressive study.” Informationen zum Autor Timothy B. Weston is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is coeditor of China Beyond the Headlines (2000). Klappentext "An invaluable book that fills a yawning gap in our understanding of the political and intellectual life of early-twentieth-century China."—David Strand, author of Rickshaw Beijing Zusammenfassung Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the centre of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals. From the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Invaluable in our understanding of the political and intellectual life of China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Locating Beijing University in History 1. Schools! Politics! and Reform in the Nineteenth Century 2. The Imperial University and Late-Qing Beijing 3. Instability and Redefinition in the Wake of the 1911 Revolution 4. Between the Old Culture and the New 5. The Insistent Pull of Politics 6. Tensions within the May Fourth Movement 7. National University under Siege Conclusion Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy B. Weston
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2004
• EAN: 9780520237674
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23767-4
• Pagine: 338
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Berkeley Series in Interdiscip; Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China; Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China; Berkeley Series in Interdiscip
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; History, Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History