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Genre/Form: | Electronic book History Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Peterson, Glen, 1956- Power of words. Vancouver : UBC Press, 1997 (DLC) 97910575 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Glen Peterson |
ISBN: | 0774806117 9780774806114 0774806125 9780774806121 9780774854535 0774854537 |
OCLC Number: | 144085529 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Winner of K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press 1997 (Canada) |
Description: | 1 online resource (250 pages) : maps. |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | 1. Introduction: Literacy and Society in South China2. Minban Schools and the Reaffirmation of Voluntarism in VillageEducation3. The Contested Priorities of Early Post-Revolutionary MassEducation4. The Problem of the Teachers5. Collectivization and the Increased Importance of Literacy6. The National Literacy Campaigns of 1956 and 19587. Beijing's Language Reform and Guangdong's Opposition8. Literacy Expansion and Social Contraction: The AgriculturalMiddle School Experiment 1958-659. The Cultural Revolution10. Literacy and Economic Development in the Post-Mao Era11. The Struggle for Literacy in Guagndong Appendix: EducationalLevels in Guagndong by District, City, and County 1982 BibliographyNotesIndex |
Series Title: | Contemporary Chinese studies. |
Responsibility: | Glen Peterson. |
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It is to the author's credit that he is able to weave his discussion of different issues ... into a coherent narrative that reinforces the importance of adding historical context to contemporary policy discussions. Furthermore, the primary source documentation that he has gathered from within Guangdong province is both significant and impressive. For all of these reasons, this volume is an important contribution to the field of Chinese education and should be of interest to historians, social scientists and comparative educators who work in this area. -- Irving Epstein * The China Quarterly * ... fine work ... this is a carefully researched and lucidly written discussion of an important topic in PRC history, It deserves to be read not only by students of education, but by anyone interested in the post-1949 social and mental transformation of the Chinese countryside. * The China Journal, Issue 41 * ... until now, [China's post-1949 literacy programs] have escaped the wide-ranging analysis which Peterson provides... Peterson offers a nuanced analysis of elite and vocational literacy in a social and political context... This book offers a readable, succinct, and broadly informed perspective ... . an important contribution to anyone interested in Chinese or Third World development. * Pacific Affairs, volume 72:2, Summer 1999 * Read more...

