Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-state 1897-1937 (Contemporary Chinese Studies Series)
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: May 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780774813471
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Asian studies; Organization & management of education; Education / Teaching; History: World; China; General; Asia - China; History
Description: "Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State is an account of educational and social transformations in politically tumultuous early twentieth-century China. It focuses on the unique nature of Chinese teachers' schools, which bridged Chinese and Western ideals, and the critical role that these schools played in the changes sweeping Chinese society. It also documents their role in the empowerment of women and the production of grassroots forces leading to the Communist Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.