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1. Verfasser: Qing, Liu
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 2021
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contents Whose Books? The Harvard-Yenching Institute's Library and the Question of Academic Imperialism Qing, Liu Special Libraries Academic Libraries Library Materials Foreign Policy Nationalism Educational History Foreign Countries Asian Culture Books Purpose: This essay focuses on the Chinese-Japanese Library of the Harvard-Yenching Institute and examines how the Library collected and transported Chinese rare books to the United States during the 1930 and 1940s. It considers Harvard's rationale for its collection of Chinese books and tensions between Chinese scholars and the Harvard-Yenching Institute leaders and librarians over the purchase and "export" of Chinese books. Design/methodology/approach: This research is a historical study based on archival research at Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Harvard-Yenching Library, as well as careful readings of published primary and secondary sources. Findings: By examining the debates that surrounded the ownership of Chinese books, and the historical circumstances that enabled or hindered the cross-national movement of books, this essay uncovers a complex and interwoven historical discourse of academic nationalism, internationalism and imperialism. Originality/value: Drawing upon the unexamined primary sources and published second sources, this essay uncovers a complex and interwoven historical discourse of academic nationalism, internationalism and imperialism.
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spellingShingle Whose Books? The Harvard-Yenching Institute's Library and the Question of Academic Imperialism
Qing, Liu
Special Libraries
Academic Libraries
Library Materials
Foreign Policy
Nationalism
Educational History
Foreign Countries
Asian Culture
Books
Whose Books? The Harvard-Yenching Institute's Library and the Question of Academic Imperialism Qing, Liu Special Libraries Academic Libraries Library Materials Foreign Policy Nationalism Educational History Foreign Countries Asian Culture Books Purpose: This essay focuses on the Chinese-Japanese Library of the Harvard-Yenching Institute and examines how the Library collected and transported Chinese rare books to the United States during the 1930 and 1940s. It considers Harvard's rationale for its collection of Chinese books and tensions between Chinese scholars and the Harvard-Yenching Institute leaders and librarians over the purchase and "export" of Chinese books. Design/methodology/approach: This research is a historical study based on archival research at Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Harvard-Yenching Library, as well as careful readings of published primary and secondary sources. Findings: By examining the debates that surrounded the ownership of Chinese books, and the historical circumstances that enabled or hindered the cross-national movement of books, this essay uncovers a complex and interwoven historical discourse of academic nationalism, internationalism and imperialism. Originality/value: Drawing upon the unexamined primary sources and published second sources, this essay uncovers a complex and interwoven historical discourse of academic nationalism, internationalism and imperialism.
title Whose Books? The Harvard-Yenching Institute's Library and the Question of Academic Imperialism
topic Special Libraries
Academic Libraries
Library Materials
Foreign Policy
Nationalism
Educational History
Foreign Countries
Asian Culture
Books
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1336029