• Ackowledgments; Notes on names and Romanization; 1. Introduction; 2. The Yanjing sociology department: the social service phase, 1919–25; 3. The Yanjing Sociology Department: from social service to social engineering, 1925–45; 4. The Nankai Institute of Economics: the germinating stage, 1927–31; 5. The Nankai Institute of Economics: academic entrepreneurship and social engineering, 1931–47; 6. Marxism, revolution and the study of Chinese society; 7. Genesis of a Marxist social science enterprise in the early 1930s; 8. The social sciences, agrarian China and the advocacy of revolution; 9. The Rockefeller foundation and Chinese academic enterprise; 10. Conclusion: the legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'Chiang's study will benefit those interested in the development of the social sciences in China … Chiang's book pays greater attention to the financial and interpersonal components of the Republican-era social scientific enterprise …'. China Information

• Ackowledgments; Notes on names and Romanization; 1. Introduction; 2. The Yanjing sociology department: the social service phase, 1919–25; 3. The Yanjing Sociology Department: from social service to social engineering, 1925–45; 4. The Nankai Institute of Economics: the germinating stage, 1927–31; 5. The Nankai Institute of Economics: academic entrepreneurship and social engineering, 1931–47; 6. Marxism, revolution and the study of Chinese society; 7. Genesis of a Marxist social science enterprise in the early 1930s; 8. The social sciences, agrarian China and the advocacy of revolution; 9. The Rockefeller foundation and Chinese academic enterprise; 10. Conclusion: the legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'Chiang's study will benefit those interested in the development of the social sciences in China … Chiang's book pays greater attention to the financial and interpersonal components of the Republican-era social scientific enterprise …'. China Information

• Ackowledgments; Notes on names and Romanization; 1. Introduction; 2. The Yanjing sociology department: the social service phase, 1919–25; 3. The Yanjing Sociology Department: from social service to social engineering, 1925–45; 4. The Nankai Institute of Economics: the germinating stage, 1927–31; 5. The Nankai Institute of Economics: academic entrepreneurship and social engineering, 1931–47; 6. Marxism, revolution and the study of Chinese society; 7. Genesis of a Marxist social science enterprise in the early 1930s; 8. The social sciences, agrarian China and the advocacy of revolution; 9. The Rockefeller foundation and Chinese academic enterprise; 10. Conclusion: the legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'Chiang's study will benefit those interested in the development of the social sciences in China … Chiang's book pays greater attention to the financial and interpersonal components of the Republican-era social scientific enterprise …'. China Information