In the early 1900s, the Qing dynasty implemented a nationwide school system to buttress its power. Although the Communists, contemporary observers, and more recent scholarship have all depicted rural society as feudal and these educational reforms a failure, Elizabeth VanderVen draws on untapped archival materials to show that villagers and local officials capably integrated foreign ideas and models into a system that was at once traditional and modern, Chinese and Western. Her portrait of education reform both challenges received notions about the modernity-tradition binary in Chinese history, and addresses topics central to debates on modern China, including state making and the impact of global ideas on local society.
| ISBN: | 9780774821773 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2013 |
| Author: | Elizabeth R VanderVen |
| Publisher: | UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Contemporary Chinese Studies |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Educational strategies and policy |
In the early 1900s, the Qing dynasty implemented a nationwide school system to buttress its power. Although the Communists, contemporary observers, and more recent scholarship have all depicted rural society as feudal and these educational reforms a failure, Elizabeth VanderVen draws on untapped archival materials to show that villagers and local officials capably integrated foreign ideas and models into a system that was at once traditional and modern, Chinese and Western.
A School in Every Village features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Educational strategies and policy
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A School in Every Village was written by Elizabeth R VanderVen and published by UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press
A School in Every Village has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Contemporary Chinese Studies series