Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China

Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China

At the turn of the twentieth century, the modern epistemological framework of science superseded indigenous Chinese knowledge categories as the organizing unit for empirical knowledge about space. By the 1920s, pioneering Chinese intellectuals housed spatial knowledge under the new category of mode...

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Main Author: Wallner, Rachel
Other Authors: Goodman, Bryna
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2014
Subjects:
China
Education
Geographic knowledge
Modernity
Spaces
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18537
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spelling ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-185372019-03-05T17:53:31Z Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China Wallner, Rachel Goodman, Bryna China Education Geographic knowledge Modernity Spaces At the turn of the twentieth century, the modern epistemological framework of science superseded indigenous Chinese knowledge categories as the organizing unit for empirical knowledge about space. By the 1920s, pioneering Chinese intellectuals housed spatial knowledge under the new category of modern geography. While this framework for modern knowledge was rooted in the West, Chinese scholars innovated the discipline in ways that enabled them to consistently attend to fluctuating nation-building imperatives. Using autobiography, memoir, and periodicals produced by early Chinese geographers, this study explores how the intellectual shift toward spatial epistemological modernity facilitated modern China's entrance into the global nation-state system. Modern geographic knowledge ushered in new geopolitical claims and notions of citizenship that would define the new Chinese nation and its position in the world until today. 2016-10-17 2014-10-17T16:16:12Z 2014-10-17 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18537 en_US All Rights Reserved. University of Oregon
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topic China
Education
Geographic knowledge
Modernity
Spaces
spellingShingle China
Education
Geographic knowledge
Modernity
Spaces
Wallner, Rachel
Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China
description At the turn of the twentieth century, the modern epistemological framework of science superseded indigenous Chinese knowledge categories as the organizing unit for empirical knowledge about space. By the 1920s, pioneering Chinese intellectuals housed spatial knowledge under the new category of modern geography. While this framework for modern knowledge was rooted in the West, Chinese scholars innovated the discipline in ways that enabled them to consistently attend to fluctuating nation-building imperatives. Using autobiography, memoir, and periodicals produced by early Chinese geographers, this study explores how the intellectual shift toward spatial epistemological modernity facilitated modern China's entrance into the global nation-state system. Modern geographic knowledge ushered in new geopolitical claims and notions of citizenship that would define the new Chinese nation and its position in the world until today. === 2016-10-17
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title Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China
title_short Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China
title_full Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China
title_fullStr Science, Space, and the Nation: The Formation of Modern Chinese Geography in Twentieth-Century China
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