郝平编著的《北京大学创办史实考源(英文版)》以大量史实详细论证了北京大学的创办是晚清维新派与保守派多年斗争的结果，并回答了该大学创办初期引人深思的几个问题：慈禧太后在残酷镇压了戊戌变法后，为什么废除了几乎所有的变法措施，却单单保留了最具改革精神的京师大学堂？为什么该学堂有三个不同的建校章程，且均与光绪皇帝和慈禧太后有关？为什么说北京大学是中国近代的第一所国立大学？本书论述清晰，文笔流畅，可读性强。

Foreword

Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

Chapter I The Opium War, the Reformist Trend of Thoughts and the Westernisation Movement

Chapter II The Fierce Struggles between the Westernisationists and the Conservatives over the Tong Wen Guan of Peking

Chapter III The Development of the Tong Wen Guan of Peking

Chapter IV The Legacy and Influence of the Tong Wen Guan

Chapter V From the Qiangxuehui to Guanshuju to the Preparations for the Launch of the Da Xuetang of Peking

Chapter VI The Hundred Days' Reform and the Official Launch of the Da Xuetang of Peking

Chapter VII The Rectification of the Da Xuetang of Peking

Chapter VIII Guangxu, Cixi and the Three Statutes of the Da Xuetang of Peking

Chapter IX The Da Xuetang: Curriculum Design and Implementation of Teaching

Chapter X The Da Xuetang: Administration and Rules and Regulations

Chapter XI The Da Xuetang: Its Affiliated Structures

Chapter XII The Road to Democracy and Science

Chapter XIII The First National Institution of Higher Learning in Modern China

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