Education in China, ca. 1840-present / by Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen, Jieli Li.
"In Education in China, ca. 1840-present Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li offer a description of the transformation of the Chinese education system from the traditional Confucian teaching system to a modern mode. In doing so, they touch on various debates about education such as the sp...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Global economic history series ;
v. 17. Global economic history series. Quantitative economic history of China ; v. 4. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "In Education in China, ca. 1840-present Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li offer a description of the transformation of the Chinese education system from the traditional Confucian teaching system to a modern mode. In doing so, they touch on various debates about education such as the speed of the educational modernization around 1900, the role of female education, and the economic efficiency of education. This description is combined with relevant data stretching from the second half of 19th century to present collected mainly from statistical archives and contemporary investigations"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004442251 9789004442252 |
| ISSN: | 1872-5155 ; |