Education and Society in Late Imperial China, 1600-1900

This comprehensive volume integrates the history of late imperial China with the history of education over three centuries, revealing the significance of education in Chinese social, political, and intellectual life. A collaboration between social and intellectual historians, these fifteen essays provide the most wide-ranging study in English on China's education in the centuries before the modern revolution.

List of contents

CONTRIBUTORS:
Allan Barr
Cynthia J. Brokaw
Wejen Chang
Kai-wing Chow
Pamela Kyle Crossley
Benjamin A. Elman
R. Kent Guy
Catherine Jami
Barry Keenan
Angela Ki Che Leung
Kwang-Ching Liu
Susan Mann
William T. Rowe
Alexander Woodside

About the author

Benjamin A. Elman is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Alexander Woodside is Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.

Summary

Exploring the significance of education to Chinese social, political and intellectual life in late imperial China, this volume contains 15 essays providing a wide-ranging study of China's early education policies.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin A. Elman, Benjamin A. Woodside Elman, Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U S
• Assisted by: Ben Elman (Editor), Benjamin A. Elman (Editor), Alexander Woodside (Editor), Alexander B. Woodside (Editor), Woodside Alexander (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.1994
• EAN: 9780520082342
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08234-2
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Studies on China; Studies on China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; China, EDUCATION / General, Education, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Asian History, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800