Glen Peterson

The Power of Words

Literacy and Revolution in South China, 1949-95

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Produktbeschreibung

This social and political history of the struggle for literacy in rural China shows how China's revolutionary leaders conceived and promoted literacy in the countryside and how villagers made use of the literacy education they were offered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780774806114
• ISBN-10: 0774806117
• Artikelnr.: 40238542

Autorenporträt

Glen Peterson is an assistant professor in theDepartment of History, University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Literacy and Society in South China
2. Minban Schools and the Reaffirmation of Voluntarism in VillageEducation
3. The Contested Priorities of Early Post-Revolutionary MassEducation
4. The Problem of the Teachers
5. Collectivization and the Increased Importance of Literacy
6. The National Literacy Campaigns of 1956 and 1958
7. Beijing's Language Reform and Guangdong's Opposition
8. Literacy Expansion and Social Contraction: The AgriculturalMiddle School
Experiment 1958-65
9. The Cultural Revolution
10. Literacy and Economic Development in the Post-Mao Era
11. The Struggle for Literacy in Guagndong Appendix: EducationalLevels in
Guagndong by District, City, and County 1982
 
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