6. Shared Diplomatic Journey through Sports

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. A Note on the Spelling of Chinese Names xiii
5. Introduction: The Surprising Shared History of Chinese and Americans 1
6. Part One. Messengers of the Nineteenth Century
7. 1. Anson Burlingame: China’s First Messenger to the World 25
8. 2. The Chinese Education Mission: Chinese Schoolboys in Nineteenth- Century America 74
9. 3. Ge Kunhua: America’s First Chinese Language Teacher 105
10. Part Two. The Internationalization of China and the United States
11. 4. Frank Goodnow: An American Adviser in China 139
12. 5. John Dewey: A Yankee Confucius and Cultural Ambassador 204
13. Part Three. Popular Culture and Sino- American Relations
14. 6. Shared Diplomatic Journey through Sports 235
15. Conclusion 259
16. Notes 267
17. Selected Glossary 301
18. Selected Bibliography 303
19. Acknowledgments 317
20. Index 321