Empires of the mind : I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 / Rodney Koeneke.

Author/creator Koeneke, Rodney B.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2004.
Description256 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979--Knowledge. --Language and languages.
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979--Knowledge. --China.
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979--Travel. --China.
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979--Influence.
English language--Study and teaching. --Chinese speakers.
English philology--Study and teaching (Higher). --China.
British--China. --History. --20th century.
Educators--Great Britain. --Biography.
Critics--Great Britain. --Biography.
Language and culture--China.
Communication, International.
English language--China.
Basic English.
China--Languages.

Contents The Cambridge background -- A moment in paradise : the first year in China, 1929-1930 -- Both sides of the looking glass : Mencius, Basic English and the Rockefeller Foundation, 1931-1935 -- The Orthological Institute of China, 1936 -- War and the flight to Kunming, 1937-1945 -- Empires of the future : Communist China and the Cold War, 1950-1951.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index.
LCCN 2003011521
ISBN0804748225 (cloth : alk. paper)

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