Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979
Rodney Koeneke
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Hardback. Empires of the Mind is the first study to examine British literary critic I.A. Richards's effort to foster world peace by promoting an 850-word version of "global" English in China. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Empires of the Mind tells the story of I. A. Richards, Britain's foremost literary critic in the 1920s, and his effort to promote an 850-word version of "global" English in China. Examining the cultural milieu of Cambridge between the World Wars, where Richards's internationalist vision first arose, this book traces the heretofore-unexplored connections between Richards's literary theories and his political ideals. Richards's time in China covers a volatile period in Chinese history: the Japanese occupation, the Communist revolution, and the beginnings of the Cold War all feature prominently in the history of Basic English over a fifty-year period.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804748223
SKU
V9780804748223
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About Rodney Koeneke
Rodney Koeneke has a Ph.D. in History and the Humanities from Stanford University.
Reviews for Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979
"Koeneke has produced a very detailed and informative account of Basic English in China....the story of Richards and Basic English in China is fascinating and it is worth reading the book just for that."
Asian Studies Review
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