Rhetoric and reality: The making of Chinese perceptions of the United States, 1949-1989

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Richard J.en_US
dc.creatorLi, Jingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:05:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:05:28Zen_US
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.description.abstractWhen the people of a given society contemplate the outside world, they do so with inherited but constantly changing values, assumptions, preoccupations, and aspirations. Who they are, one might say, largely determines what they perceive. For a variety of reasons, the Chinese have long had a fascination with the United States--a country which has not only been an active participant in Chinese affairs for well over a century, but which has also served as an idea and an example. Naturally, China's direct and indirect experiences with America, together with the vast cultural and political differences that still separate the two countries, have shaped Chinese perceptions. In China's search for a new political, social and economic order, America, as both a world power and as a concept, has played a major role. This dissertation examines the way images of America were transmitted to China in the twentieth century, and how these images were debated and represented (or misrepresented) by three main social groups of Chinese--the Chinese state, Chinese intellectuals, and the Chinese masses. Although America has unquestionably played a part in shaping modern China, the Chinese, for various reasons and in different ways, have constructed their own distinctive "America."en_US
dc.format.extent399 p.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS HIST. 1995 LIen_US
dc.identifier.citationLi, Jing. "Rhetoric and reality: The making of Chinese perceptions of the United States, 1949-1989." (1995) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16847">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16847</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16847en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectAsian historyen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Oceaniaen_US
dc.subjectAmerican historyen_US
dc.subjectMass communicationen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectRhetoricen_US
dc.subjectCompositionen_US
dc.titleRhetoric and reality: The making of Chinese perceptions of the United States, 1949-1989en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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