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The power of position : Beijing University, intellectuals, and Chinese political culture, 1898-1929 / Timothy B. Weston.
Author
Weston, Timothy B., 1964-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Higher education and state
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China
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History
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Political culture
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China
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History
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Beijing da xue
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History
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Series
Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 3.
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Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 3
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Summary note
Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals--from the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Why this should be--how Beida's historical importance has come to transcend that of a mere institution of higher learning--is a question at the heart of this book. A study of intellectuals and political culture during the past century's tumultuous early decades, The Power of Position is the first to focus on Beida, China's oldest an.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.
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Print version record.
Contents
Introduction : locating Beijing University in history
Schools, politics, and reform in the nineteenth century
The imperial university and late-Qing Beijing
Instability and redefinition in the wake of the 1911 Revolution
Between the old culture and the new
The insistent pull of politics
Tensions within the May Fourth Movement
National University under siege
Conclusion.
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ISBN
9780520929906 ((electronic bk.))
052092990X ((electronic bk.))
1417525673 ((electronic bk.))
9781417525676 ((electronic bk.))
1597348287 ((electronic bk.))
9781597348287 ((electronic bk.))
9786612357077
661235707X
OCLC
56028854
Doi
10.1525/9780520929906
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