The Power of Position : Beijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929 /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weston, Timothy B., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Beijing da xue.
Beijing da xue > History.
Political culture.
Higher education and state.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Enseignement superieur > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Histoire.
Political culture > China > History.
Higher education and state > China > History.
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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