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967682
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b722052
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Weston, Timothy B.,1964-
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The power of position : : Beijing University, intellectuals, and Chinese political culture, 1898-1929 /\ Timothy B. Weston.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Berkeley series in interdisciplinary studies of China ;; 3
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1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages)
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| ISBN
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052092990X
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: 1417525673
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: 1597348287
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: 9780520929906
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: 9781417525676
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: 9781597348287
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: 9786612357077
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0520237676
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1282357077
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9780520237674
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9781282357075
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.
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| Contents
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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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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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Beijing da xue-- History.
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Beijing da xue.
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Higher education and state-- China-- History.
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Political culture-- China-- History.
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EDUCATION-- Administration-- General.
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EDUCATION-- Educational Policy Reform-- General.
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Higher education and state.
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HISTORY-- Asia-- General.
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Political culture.
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China.
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379.51
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LG51.P28W47 2004eb
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