Shuhua Fan

The 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: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780739168509
• ISBN-10: 0739168509
• Artikelnr.: 41050583

Autorenporträt

By Shuhua Fan

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