Radicalism and Education Reform in 20th-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model

by Suzanne Pepper

Book Overview

In 1976, China's education revolution was being hailed by foreign observers as an inspiration for all low-income countries. By 1980, the Chinese themselves had disavowed the experience, declaring it devoid of even a single redeeming virtue. This is the first comprehensive book to cover the whole sweep of twentieth-century Chinese education, and in particular to provide a detailed study of what occurred in the countryside under the radical Maoist education experiments of the Cultural Revolution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521778603
• ISBN13: 9780521778602
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"