TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ye,Weili
TI  - Seeking modernity in China's name: Chinese students in the United States, 1900-1927 
SN  - 0804736960 (alk. paper)
AV  - LB2376.6.C6 Y42 2001
U1  - 378.1/9829951073 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Stanford
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Chinese students
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Education (Higher)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Returned students
KW  - China
KW  - Étudiants chinois
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - ram
KW  - Chinois
KW  - Enseignement supérieur
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Étudiants formés à l'étranger
KW  - Chine
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 1912-1949
KW  - Civilisation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index; Student Associational Life and Chinese Nationalism --; The Professionals: Predicaments and Promises --; The Question of Race --; The Women's Story, 1880s-1920s --; Between Morality and Romance --; The Serious Business of Recreation
N2  - "The students who came to the United States in the early twentieth century to become modern Chinese by studying at American universities played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. These former students exemplified key aspects of Chinese "modernity," introducing new social customs, new kinds of interpersonal relationships, new ways of associating in groups, and a new way of life in general."; "The collapse of the traditional examination system and the need to earn a living outside the bureaucracy meant that this generation of Chinese - although not the first to break with traditional ways of thinking - was the first to live differently. Working from student publications, memoirs, and other writings found in this country and in China, the author describes Chinese students' multifaceted experience of life in a foreign, modern environment, including student associations, professional activities, racial discrimination, new forms of recreation and cultural expression, and, in the case of women students, the unique challenges of being female in two changing societies."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -