Social Engineering and the Social Sciences in China, 1919-1949

ISBN-13: 9780521770149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 320 str.

Yung-Chen Chiang; William Kirby

Opis

Yung-chen Chiang tells the story of the origins, visions, and achievements of the social sciences in China during the first half of the twentieth century. He focuses on the efforts of social scientists at three institutions to relate their disciplines to the needs of Chinese society. As all three groups received funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, their stories offer a window onto Sino-American interactions, revealing how the social sciences became a lingua franca of the cultural frontier. This study advances our understanding of the transfer, indigenization, and international patronage of social science disciplines.

Recenzje

'Chiang's study will benefit those interested in the development of the social sciences in China … Chiang's book pays greater attention to the financial and interpersonal components of the Republican-era social scientific enterprise …'. China Information

Spis treści

Ackowledgments; Notes on names and Romanization; 1. Introduction; 2. The Yanjing sociology department: the social service phase, 1919–25; 3. The Yanjing Sociology Department: from social service to social engineering, 1925–45; 4. The Nankai Institute of Economics: the germinating stage, 1927–31; 5. The Nankai Institute of Economics: academic entrepreneurship and social engineering, 1931–47; 6. Marxism, revolution and the study of Chinese society; 7. Genesis of a Marxist social science enterprise in the early 1930s; 8. The social sciences, agrarian China and the advocacy of revolution; 9. The Rockefeller foundation and Chinese academic enterprise; 10. Conclusion: the legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.