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Thomas D. Curran. Educational Reform in Republican China: The Failure of Educators to Create a Modern Nation.(Book review)
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September 22, 2006
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Thomas D. Curran. Educational Reform in Republican China: The Failure of Educators to Create a Modern Nation. Chinese Studies Volume 40. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005. viii, 494 pp. Hardcover $139.95, ISBN 0-7734-5952-9. Chinese Studies Series, ISBN 0-88946-076-0.
Thomas D. Curran's Educational Reform in Republican China is a highly readable and enjoyable book that is both a measure of his love of history and his tenacity as a human being. Beginning as a dissertation and taking over 20 years to complete, the book gives a sweeping overview of Chinese educational reforms from the late Qing dynasty through the Japanese invasion of China. The author freely ...
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