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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Weston, Timothy B.

The power of position : Beijing University,
intellectuals, and Chinese political culture, 1898–1929 /
Timothy B. Weston.

p. cm. — (Berkeley series in interdisciplinary
studies of China; 3)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-520-23767-6 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Beijing da xue—History. 2. Higher education
and state—China—History. 3. Political culture—
China—History. I. Title. II. Series.

LG51. P28 W47 2004

379.51—dc21 2003002463

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