Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

Contents 8 Tables 9 Acknowledgments 10 Map of China, c. 1930 15 Introduction 16 1 The Imperial School System and Education Reform in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Review 31 2 Education and Society in Transition: The Rise of Teachers’ Schools, 1897-1911 51 3 Pursuing Modernization in Trying Times: Teachers’ Schools from 1912-22 84 4 Modernity and the Village: The Emergence of Village Teachers’ Schools, 1922-30 108 5 Nationalizing the Local: Teachers’ Schools in Rural Reconstruction, 1930-37 141 6 Transforming the Revolution: Social and Political Aspects of Teachers’ Schools, 1930-37 172 Conclusion 215 Notes 221 Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms 266 Bibliography 279 Index 309 A 309 B 309 C 309 D 310 E 310 F 311 G 311 H 311 I 311 J 311 K 311 L 312 M 312 N 312 P 313 Q 313 R 313 S 314 T 314 U 316 V 316 W 316 X 317 Y 317 Z 317