Education in China, ca. 1840-present / by Meimei Wang, Bas van Leeuwen, Jieli Li.
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TextSeries: Global economic history series ; v. 17. | Global economic history series. Quantitative economic history of China ; ; v. 4.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789004442252
- 9004442251
- 370.951 23
- LA1131 .W3345 2021
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e-Library | EBSCO Education | Available |
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 26, 2021).
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