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- Title
THE MANDARIN OF CAMBRIDGE.
- Authors
Platt, Stephen R.
- Abstract
Discusses controversies that envelope the establishment of Chinese studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and explores how the University acquired its first Chinese teacher and how a Confucian scholar from Ningbo, China found himself embarked on a journey into Cantabrigian oblivion. Influence of retired missionary Samuel Wells Williams on the establishment and integration of Chinese studies in American education; Contradiction of Williams regarding the discrimination against Chinese traditions in the U.S.; Significance of learning the Chinese language for opportunities in the government and in any aspect of both trade and industry; Opposition to the decision of the University to hire native Chinese scholar Ko Kun-Hua to teach Chinese studies.
- Subjects
CAMBRIDGE (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED States; CHINESE language; HARVARD University; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; LANGUAGE teachers; COLLEGE teachers; HIGHER education
- Publication
Yale Review, 2004, Vol 92, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
0044-0124
- Publication type
Article