| Education in China, Ca. 1840-Present Contributor(s): Wang, Meimei (Author), Van Leeuwen, Bas (Author), Li, Jieli (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004437703 ISBN-13: 9789004437708 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Political Science - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Physical Information: 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |