The Oil Prince's Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in China

by Mary Bullock

Book Overview

The Oil Prince's Legacy traces Rockefeller philanthropy in China from the nineteenth century to today. Family diaries, letters, interviews in China, and institutional archival records are used to tell a compelling story about successive Rockefeller generations and U.S.-China cultural relations.

This book describes how Rockefeller philanthropy came to focus on elite science and medicine and ensured their ongoing importance in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804776881
• ISBN13: 9780804776882
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"