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1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: educational exchange and government -- Emerging as facilitator -- Tearing down the barriers -- Qinghua: the first joint experiment -- From central administration to party control -- Maintaining the educational front -- From expansion to termination -- In a historical perspective -- Epilogue: restoring educational relations with the visible hand. |
Summary |
U.S.-China relations became increasingly important and complex in the twentieth century. While economic, political, and military interactions all grew over time, the most dramatic expansion took place in educational exchange, turning it into the strongest tie between the two nations. By the end of the 1940s, tens of thousands of Chinese and American students and scholars had crisscrossed the Pacific, leaving indelible marks on both societies. Although all exchange programs were terminated during the cold war, the two nations reemerged as top partners within a decade after the reestablishment o. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Educational exchanges -- United States.
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Educational exchanges. |
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United States. |
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Educational exchanges -- China.
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China. |
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United States -- Relations -- China.
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Relations. |
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China -- Relations -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Li, Hongshan. U.S.-China educational exchange. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 9780813541990 0813541999 (DLC) 2007008408 (OCoLC)85783332 |
ISBN |
9780813543925 (electronic book) |
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0813543924 (electronic book) |
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1281397164 |
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9781281397164 |
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0813541999 (Cloth) |
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9780813541990 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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