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VanderVen, Elizabeth R. – University of British Columbia Press, 2012
In the early 1900s, the Qing dynasty implemented a series of institutional reforms to shore up its power. The most important were a nationwide school system and the abolition of the centuries-old civil examinations. "A School in Every Village" recounts how villagers and local state officials in Haicheng County enacted orders to establish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counties, Rural Schools, Educational Policy