Teachers’ Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

Xiaoping Cong

Published by University of British Columbia Press 2007

Teachers’ Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

Xiaoping Cong

In the series Contemporary Chinese Studies

https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774855723

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About this book

This innovative account examines the social and political impacts of Chinese teacher's schools in the early 20th century, their role in a society in transition, and their production of grassroots forces that lead to the Communist Revolution.

Author / Editor information

Xiaoping Cong is an associate professor of history at the University of Houston.

Reviews

Heidi Ross, co-editor of The Ethnographic Eye: Interpretive Studies of Education in China:
The last decade has seen a burgeoning of research on ‘modern’ Chinese education and educational history. Xiaoping Cong’s book stands out because of its important focus on the social role of teacher preparation institutions in the pre-Second World War period. One of its key contributions, particularly for an English-speaking audience, is its extensive use of Chinese language scholarship and archival information.

George Wei, author of Sino-American Economic Relations, 1944-49:
A major contribution to the study of teachers’ schools in Republican China. Xiaoping Cong’s work helps us understand why China’s rural society and lasting feudal structure were transformed and dismantled during the Republican period and also what led to the success of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. It will be an important reading for students and scholars of Chinese intellectual history, women’s history, and education.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
The Imperial School System and Education Reform in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Review Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Education and Society in Transition: The Rise of Teachers’ Schools, 1897-1911 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Pursuing Modernization in Trying Times: Teachers’ Schools, 1912-22 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Modernity and the Village: The Emergence of Village Teachers’ Schools, 1922-30 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Nationalizing the Local: Teachers’ Schools in Rural Reconstruction, 1930-37 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Transforming the Revolution: Social and Political Aspects of Teachers’ Schools, 1930-37 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296

Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320
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- Other: 17 tables, 1 map

eBook

Published: July 1, 2007
ISBN: 9780774855723