A County of Culture provides a detailed analysis of education reforms in twentieth-century rural China, and of how these reforms relate to larger processes of social, political, and economic transformation. Based on documents and life histories collected in Zouping, the book focuses on education as an indicator of the changing relations between state and rural society; as a crucial feature in local economic life; and as a decisive factor in individual careers and destinies. A County of Culture demonstrates how changes in educational policies have exerted considerable...
A County of Culture provides a detailed analysis of education reforms in twentieth-century rural China, and of how these reforms relate to larg...