Through an empirical, multi-archival study of a transnational foundation--the Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) from the 1920s to the early 1950s--this book presents the story of transplanting Western/American humanities scholarship into Asia/China and addresses central questions in U.S.-China relations. This book focuses on the HYI's programs in teaching, research, and publication of Chinese humanities within China to the early 1950s and, to a lesser extent, its activities at Harvard that had close ties with its China side. Through the HYI story, the author examines in depth the cooperation,...