false 354999 1 <div><i>Empires of the Mind</i> tells the story of I. A. Richards, Britain&#8217;s foremost literary critic in the 1920s, and his effort to promote an 850-word version of &#8220;global&#8221; English in China. Examining the cultural milieu of Cambridge between the World Wars, where Richards&#8217;s internationalist vision first arose, this book traces the heretofore-unexplored connections between Richards's literary theories and his political ideals. Richards&#8217;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.<br><br>Koeneke considers Richards&#8217;s project in the light of current theories about imperialism: Did Basic English anticipate today&#8217;s multicultural aspirations for global exchange? Or did it advance new &#8220;empires of the mind&#8221; whose spoils are language and information? Ultimately, the history of Richards&#8217;s time in China offers a crucial window onto the postcolonial complexities of our own.<br><br></div> 345187 25 11 2004 Empires of the Mind: I. A. Richards and Basic English in China, 1929-1979 total:2|5:2| 2 10 6 0 0 0 false false Wed Jan 14 21:57:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 21:57:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 06 22:38:03 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 22:38:03 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 30 18:10:51 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:10:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Oct 03 22:17:05 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 22:17:15 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Sep 16 10:38:15 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 10:38:15 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Jul 06 04:00:16 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 04:00:19 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=354999