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The University of Michigan in China

David Ward and Eugene Chen
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The friendship between the University of Michigan and China spans more than a century and a half. Through years of peace and years of war; through political turmoil and the shifting winds of public opinion; since the first years of U-M’s Ann Arbor campus and the last years of China’s Qing Dynasty, the University and China have been partners.

This book tells the story of twenty remarkable individuals, the country they transformed, and the University that helped them do it. There are many “firsts” in this book—first Chinese students at U-M, first female college president of China—and there are many “fathers” of disciplines: Wu Dayou, father of physics in China; Zheng Zuoxin, father of Chinese ornithology; Zeng Chengkui, father of marine botany.

While much has been written about these leaders and scholars in both English and Chinese, nowhere else is their collective story told or their shared bond with the University of Michigan celebrated.
 
The University of Michigan in China celebrates this nearly 200-year-old legacy.

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The 19th Century: The University Reaches Out to China
    • The Tenure and Diplomacy of James Burrill Angell
    • Angell’s Legacy
  • 3. Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu: The University of Michigan’s First Chinese Students
    • A Michigan Missionary Alone in China
    • Education between Two Cultures: Late 19th Century
    • Putting Down Roots at the End of the Qing Dynasty
    • Diverging Paths: Shi Meiyu and Conflict with the Missionary Society
    • Kang Cheng: An Accidental Diplomat at the Birth of a New China
    • A Legacy of Selflessness
  • 4. The Barbour Scholars
    • Ding Maoying: Hospital Director, Aid Worker, and National Representative
    • Wu Yifang: China’s First Female College President
    • Barbour’s Legacy
  • 5. Turn-of-the-Century Intellectuals
    • Zheng Zuoxin: Father of Ornithology in China
    • Wu Dayou: Father of Chinese Physics
    • John C. H. Wu: Legal Scholar, Theologian, and Architect of the Republic of China’s Constitution
  • 6. Heroes and Survivors of World War II
    • He Yizhen: “Studying to Save the Country”
    • Robert Ellsworth Brown: Hero of the Nanjing Massacre
    • Harmon of Michigan: Football Star, Fighter Pilot
  • 7. Postwar Scientists in the People’s Republic of China
    • Wang Chengshu and Zhu Guangya: Pioneers of China’s Nuclear Age
    • Huang Jiasi: At the Helm of Surgery in New China
    • Zeng Chengkui: Father of Marine Botany
  • 8. The University of Michigan and Ping-Pong Diplomacy
    • Ping-Pong Takes Center Stage
    • Alexander Eckstein, the University of Michigan, and the Open Door of Diplomacy
  • 9. The University of Michigan and China
    • Education Expands
    • Cultural Exchange at the University of Michigan
    • Toward the Future
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Published: 2017
Publisher: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library
Copyright Holder: The Regents of the University of Michigan
License: All Rights Reserved
ISBN(s)
  • 9781607854289 (ebook)
  • 9781607854272 (hardcover)
Series
  • Maize Books
Subject
  • EDUCATION / History
  • HISTORY / Asia/China
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