Shuhua Fan

Harvard-Yenching Institute and Cultural Engineering

Remaking the Humanities in China, 1924-1951

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an empirical, multi-archival study of a transnational foundation—the Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) from the 1920s to the early 1950s—this book presents the story of transplanting Western/American humanities scholarship into Asia/China and addresses central questions in U.S.-China relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780739168509
• ISBN-10: 0739168509
• Artikelnr.: 41050583

Autorenporträt

Shuhua Fan is associate professor in history at the University of Scranton.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding a Transnational Cultural Project
Chapter 1: Creating a Transnational Institution (1924-1928)
Chapter 2: The Project Successfully Launched (1928-1937)
Chapter 3: Operating under Wartime Adversity (1937-1945)
Chapter 4: Frustrated Dreams of Recovering Chinese humanities (1945-1949)
Chapter 5: The End of an American Enterprise in China (1949-1951)
Conclusion: The HYI's Cultural Engineering as a Bridge between East and
West