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The oil prince's legacy : Rockefeller philanthropy in China

Bullock, Mary Brown

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\"The Oil Prince's Legacy traces Rockefeller philanthropy in China from the nineteenth century to today. Family diaries, letters, interviews in China, and institutional archival records are used to tell a compelling story about successive Rockefeller generations and U.S.-China cultural relations. This book describes how Rockefeller philanthropy came to focus on elite science and medicine and ensured their ongoing importance in the American-Chinese relationship. That importance is still seen today in the ties of the two countries in natural and social sciences, the humanities, economics, and higher education. The Rockefeller family's involvement with China continues in the fourth and fifth generations, even as Rockefeller philanthropy is reshaped in response to China's rise as a global power. Understanding the origin, evolution, Cold War interregnum, and post-Mao renewal of Rockefeller philanthropy brings new clarity to the nature and tenacity of this ongoing bilateral relationship.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford University Press
• Subject: Rockefeller Foundation History. / Endowment of research China History. / Science and state China History. / Medicine China History. / United States Foreign relations China History. / China Foreign relations United States History.
• ISBN: 9780804776882, 0804776881

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E183.8.C5 B84 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE