Fortunate Sons
February 03, 2011 Thursday AT 3PM CT

 
 

What happened when the Qing dynasty sent 120 boys to go to school in the US in 1872? The boys got good at baseball and picked up nicknames like By-Jinks Johnnie and Fighting Chinee. But they also confronted a struggle between traditionalism and modernity that ended up influencing both China and the U.S.



Guest
  • Liel Leibovitz, co-author with Matthew Miller of Fortunate Sons
  • Charles Hayford, Independent Scholar and Associate of the Department of History at Northwestern University, and representative of the Yale-China Association, New Asia College.
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