A Phoenix transformed
Subtitle: the reconstruction of education in post-war Hong Kong
By: Anthony Sweeting.
Series: East Asian historical monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Hong Kong; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Education -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.; Education and state -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.; Education -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.; Politics and education -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "The Second World War left Hong Kong's education system in ruins. However, like the mythical phoenix, a new system arose from the ashes of the Japanese occupation." "Both a history and a policy-process study, A Phoenix Transformed analyses the emergence of a distinctive Hong Kong education system during the first post-war decade and the largely chaotic government policy-making 'by default' which created that system." "In a society preoccupied with basic needs, the survival instincts of both the government and local residents were critical shapers of policy. Many of the forces then at play - industrialization and urbanization, decolonization and localization, the Cold War and the 'China factor', and great uncertainty about the colony's future - remain of fundamental concern to Hong Kong education policy today"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.