The power of words : literacy and revolution in South China, 1949-95
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The power of words : literacy and revolution in South China, 1949-95
（Contemporary Chinese studies）
UBC Press, c1997
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Bibliography: p. [216]-242
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is a social and political history of the struggle forliteracy in rural China from 1949 until 1994. It aims to show howChina's revolutionary leaders conceived and promoted literacy inthe countryside and how villagers made use of the literacy educationand schools they were offered. Rather than focusing narrowly oneducational issues alone, Peterson examines the larger significance ofP.R.C. literacy efforts by situating the literacy movement within thebroad context of major themes and issues in the social and politicalhistory of post-1949 China. Following the recent trend toward regionaland local history, this book focuses on the linguistically diverse,socially complex, and politically awkward southeastern coastal provinceof Guangdong. As well, Peterson conducted interviews with localofficials and teachers in several Guangdong counties in 1988 and 1989.
Table of Contents
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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Index
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