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The power of position : Beijing University, intellectuals, and Chinese political culture, 1898-1929 /

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 Bei...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weston, Timothy B., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Colección:Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.
ISBN:9780520929906
052092990X
1417525673
9781417525676
1597348287
9781597348287
9786612357077
661235707X