Managing God's Higher Learning: U.S.-China Cultural Encounter and Canton Christian College (Lingnan University) 1888-1952Managing GodOs Higher Learning offers a distinct empirical study of Lingnan University and addresses issues of adaptation and integration. Author, Dong Wang, demonstrates that many aspects of Lingnan _ governance, links with the local society, financial management, education for women _ have either never been made the subject of scholarly discussion or are different from what we think we know about U.S.-China relations in the past. As the first co-educational institution of higher learning in China, Lingnan made monumental strides in the management of programs for women, a fact which confounds the assumptions made by China historians. The author argues that LingnanOs growth, resilience and success can partly be accounted for by entrepreneurial operations. Wang also contends that Lingnan found ways to adapt and 'layer' a Christian presence at a time when the nationalization and secularization of higher education was making rapid headway. Based on information from archives located across the Pacific, this book will appeal to scholars of Chinese history as well as those interested in Sino-American relations. |
Contents
The Setting Honglok Guangzhou and Canton Christian College Lingnan University | 25 |
Cultural Migration Lingnan as a Foreign and Local Institution | 61 |
Financing Gods Higher Education Management and Governance | 87 |
The Advance to Higher Learning Womens Education Power and Modernization | 107 |
From Lingnan to Pomona Charles K Edmunds and his ChineseAmerican Career | 129 |
Memories and Legacies of Lingnan University | 153 |
Glossary | 169 |
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