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U.S.-China educational exchange : state, society, and intercultural relations, 1905-1950 / Hongshan Li.

Author
Li, Hongshan
Published
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 284 pages)
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Contents
Introduction: educational exchange and government -- Emerging as facilitator -- Tearing down the barriers -- Qinghua: the first joint experiment -- From central administration to party control -- Maintaining the educational front -- From expansion to termination -- In a historical perspective -- Epilogue: restoring educational relations with the visible hand.
Summary
U.S.-China relations became increasingly important and complex in the twentieth century. While economic, political, and military interactions all grew over time, the most dramatic expansion took place in educational exchange, turning it into the strongest tie between the two nations. By the end of the 1940s, tens of thousands of Chinese and American students and scholars had crisscrossed the Pacific, leaving indelible marks on both societies. Although all exchange programs were terminated during the cold war, the two nations reemerged as top partners within a decade after the reestablishment o.
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ISBN
9780813543925 (electronic bk.)
0813543924 (electronic bk.)
1281397164
9781281397164
0813541999 (Cloth)
9780813541990 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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