{"product_id":"empires-of-the-mind-rodney-koeneke-9780804748223","title":"Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpires of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKoeneke considers Richards's project in the light of current theories about imperialism: Did Basic English anticipate today's multicultural aspirations for global exchange? Or did it advance new \"empires of the mind\" whose spoils are language and information? Ultimately, the history of Richards's time in China offers a crucial window onto the postcolonial complexities of our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodney Koeneke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804748225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804748223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 6.28w x 0.89d","brand":"Rodney Koeneke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120257003775,"sku":"9780804748223","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb90b708-7cbb-4abf-8e05-815ba34370cf.jpg?v=1687413337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empires-of-the-mind-rodney-koeneke-9780804748223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}