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Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China’s early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The Setting: Northeast China, Fengtian Province, andHaicheng County

2 Educational Transformation: Abolishing and Reformingthe Sishu

3 Administering the New Educational System: EducationalPromotion Bureaus

4 Funding the New Community Schools

5 Establishing Girls’ Schools in HaichengCounty

6 Old and New in the Village Community Schools

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary of Chinese Terms and Place Names

Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/02/2013
      ISBN13: 9780774821773, 978-0774821773
      ISBN10: 0774821779

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China’s early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 The Setting: Northeast China, Fengtian Province, andHaicheng County

      2 Educational Transformation: Abolishing and Reformingthe Sishu

      3 Administering the New Educational System: EducationalPromotion Bureaus

      4 Funding the New Community Schools

      5 Establishing Girls’ Schools in HaichengCounty

      6 Old and New in the Village Community Schools

      Conclusion

      Notes

      Glossary of Chinese Terms and Place Names

      Bibliography

      Index

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