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Managing god's higher learning : U.S.-China cultural encounter and Canton Christian College (Lingnan University) 1888-1952

Title
Managing god's higher learning : U.S.-China cultural encounter and Canton Christian College (Lingnan University) 1888-1952 / Dong Wang.
Author
Wang, Dong.
Publication
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xiii, 211 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
AsiaWorld
Uniform Title
AsiaWorld.
Subject
  • Ling nan da xue (Guangzhou, China) > History
  • Christian universities and colleges > China
  • Christian education > China
  • Universities and colleges > China
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-203) and index.
Contents
Introduction : themes driving the story of Lingnan and chapter outline -- 1. The setting : Honglok, Guangzhou, and Canton Christian College (Lingnan University) -- 2. Cultural migration : Lingnan as a foreign and local institution -- 3. Financing god's higher education : management and governance -- 4. The advance to higher learning : women's education, power, and modernization -- 5. From Lingnan to Pomona : Charles K. Edmunds and his Chinese-American career -- Conclusion : memories and legacies of Lingnan University.
ISBN
  • 9780739119358 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739119354 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780739119365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0739119362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2007003554
  • 99933402828
OCLC
  • 81150388
  • ocm81150388\
  • SCSB-14179443
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