{"product_id":"a-county-of-culture-stig-bjarka-thogersen-9780472112838","title":"A County of Culture: Twentieth-Century China Seen from the Village Schools of Zouping, Shandong","description":"\u003ci\u003eA County of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA County of Culture\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how changes in educational policies have exerted considerable influence on social life in Zouping, from the macro level of nation building and state formation to the micro level of individual careers. It also shows that the rural population has been far from being a passive object of reform, and that it has been extremely difficult for educational reformers to achieve their goals as a result of the social, economic, and mental realities of China's villages. The fate of educational reforms has thus been decided in the tension between two poles: the visions of educational planners and reformers on the one hand, and the expectations of the rural population on the other. \u003cbr\u003eNot only pertinent to specialists of Chinese education, this book will also be useful to anyone interested in state-society relations in modern China and to students of comparative education and rural development. \u003cbr\u003eStig Th gersen is Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Society, University of Aarhus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stig Bjarka Thogersen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047211283X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472112838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.40w x 1.03d","brand":"Stig Bjarka Thogersen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086704521471,"sku":"9780472112838","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14728ba9-8237-4337-9ab8-b33669a80382.jpg?v=1769096096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-county-of-culture-stig-bjarka-thogersen-9780472112838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}