Chinese and Americans : a shared history
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780674052536, 0674052536
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xiii, 332 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Language
English
ISBN
9780674052536, 0674052536
UPC
9780674052536
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
Description
"Xu begins with the story of Anson Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to China, and the 120 Chinese students he played a crucial role in bringing to America, inaugurating a program of Chinese international study that continues today. Such educational crosscurrents moved both ways, as is evident in Xu's profile of the remarkable Ge Kunhua, the Chinese poet who helped spearhead Chinese language teaching in Boston in the 1870s. Xu examines the contributions of two American scholars to Chinese political and educational reform in the twentieth century: the law professor Frank Goodnow, who took part in making the Yuan Shikai government's constitution; and the philosopher John Dewey, who helped promote Chinese modernization as a visiting scholar at Peking University and elsewhere. Xu also shows that it was Americans who first introduced to China the modern Olympic movement, and that China has used sports ever since to showcase its rise as a global power. These surprising shared traditions between two nations, Xu argues, provide the best roadmap for the future of Sino-American relations."--Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Xu, G. (2014). Chinese and Americans: a shared history . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Xu, Guoqi, 1962-. 2014. Chinese and Americans: A Shared History. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Xu, Guoqi, 1962-. Chinese and Americans: A Shared History Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Xu, Guoqi. Chinese and Americans: A Shared History Harvard University Press, 2014.
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