China in My Life: A Historian's Own History: A Historian's Own History

by C.Martin Wilbur

Overview

An autobiography of a scholar-teacher who devoted his career to the study of Chinese history and the promotion of Asian studies in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315480718
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Wilbur, C.Martin

Table of Contents

Preface, 1. Childhood, 2. High School Years, 1923-1927, 3. Higher Education, 1927-1932, 4. Kay and I Start Out, 1932-1936, 5. Building a Career, 1936-1939, 6. Starting Our Family, 1939-1942, 7. War Work, 1943-1945, 8. Back in China, 1945-1946, 9. A Transition Time, 10. First Years at Columbia, 1947-1954, 11. A Year in Japan and Southeast Asia, 1954-1955, 12. India, 13. Thailand and Hong Kong, 14. Tokyo Again, 15. Teaching and Scholarship, 16. A Sabbatical in East Asia, 1961-1962, 17. Academic, Cultural, and Social Life, 1962-1967, 18. Hawaii, Europe, and a Wedding, 1967-1968, 19. The Last Years of Teaching, 1968-1976, 20. Beginning Retirement, 1976-1979, 21. Our Trip Back to China, 1980, 22. More Retirement Years, 1980-1983, 23. Rich Years, 1984-1986, 24. Last Years in Pleasantville, 1987-1989, 25. Our New Life in the Quadrangle, Index