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Wang, Meimei,

Education in China, ca. 1840-present / by Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen, Jieli Li. - 1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color). - Global economic history series, volume 17 1872-5155 ; The quantitative economic history of China ; volume 4 . - Global economic history series ; v. 17. Global economic history series. Quantitative economic history of China ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

ISBN: 9789004442252 9004442251

LCCN: 2020036032

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--History.--China
Education

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LA1131 / .W3345 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 370.951