The Alienated Academy: Culture and Politics in Republican China, 1919-1937

by Wen-Hsin Yeh and [Ms.] Wen-Hsin Yeh

Book Overview

The enormous changes in twentieth-century Chinese higher education up to the Sino-Japanese War are detailed in this pioneering work. Yeh examines the impact of instruction in English and of the introduction of science and engineering into the curriculum. Such innovations spurred the movement of higher education away from the gentry academies focused on classical studies and propelled it toward modern middle-class colleges with diverse programs. Yeh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674015851
• ISBN13: 9780674015852
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"