New Perspectives on Yenching University, 1916-1952

New Perspectives on Yenching University, 1916-1952
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9789004285248
ISBN-13 : 9004285245
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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Yenching University, 1916-1952 by : Arthur Lewis Rosenbaum

Download or read book New Perspectives on Yenching University, 1916-1952 written by Arthur Lewis Rosenbaum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in New Perspectives on Yenching University, 1916·1952 reevaluate the experience of China's preeminent Christian university in an era of nationalism and revolution. Although the university was denounced by the Chinese Communists and critics as an elitist and imperialist enterprise irrelevant to China's real needs, the essays demonstrate that Yenching's emphasis on biculturalism, cultural exchange, and a broad liberal education combined with professional expertise ultimately are compatible with nation-building and a modern Chinese identity. They show that the university fostered transnational exchanges of knowledge, changed the lives of students and faculty, and responded to the pressures of nationalism, war, and revolution. Topics include efforts to make Christianity relevant to China's needs; promotion of professional expertise, gender relationships and coeducation; the liberal arts; Sino-American cultural interactions; and Yenching's ambiguous response to Chinese nationalism, Japanese invasion, and revolution.

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