The power of position : Beijing University, intellectuals, and Chinese political culture, 1898-1929 / Timothy B. Weston.

Author
Weston, Timothy B., 1964- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
Description
xiii, 325 p. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 3 [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-312) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction : locating Beijing University in history
  • Schools, politics, and reform in the nineteenth century
  • The imperial university and late-Qing Beijing
  • Instability and redefinition in the wake of the 1911 Revolution
  • Between the old culture and the new
  • The insistent pull of politics
  • Tensions within the May Fourth Movement
  • National University under siege
  • Conclusion.
ISBN
0520237676 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003002463
OCLC
51615300
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