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TEACHERS' SCHOOLS AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN CHINESE NATION-STATE, 1897-1937
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| By: |
Xiaoping Cong |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£34.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774813482 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774813488 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2007 |
| Series: |
Contemporary Chinese Studies |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
This innovative account examines the social and political impacts of Chinese teacher's schools in the early 20th century, their role in a society in transition, and their production of grassroots forces that lead to the Communist Revolution. |
| Synopsis: |
Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern ChineseNation-State is an innovative account of educational and socialtransformations in politically tumultuous early twentieth-centuryChina. It focuses on the unique nature of Chinese teachers'schools, which bridged Chinese and Western ideals, and the criticalrole that these schools played in the changes sweeping Chinese society.It also documents their role in the empowerment of women and theproduction of grassroots forces leading to the CommunistRevolution.Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern ChineseNation-State will attract attention from scholars in Asianstudies, Chinese history, educational history, and comparative studies,and will also appeal to graduate and undergraduate students in thesefields. |
| Illustrations: |
17 tables, 1 map |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Academic Award for Excellence, Chinese Historians in the US 2008 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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