Education in Hong Kong, 1941 to 2001 : visions and revisions / Anthony Sweeting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweeting, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (703 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It provides comprehensive coverage of developments in formal and informal education in Hong Kong from the end of 1941 to the beginning of the new millennium.As was true of its predecessor, each Part of this book is subdivided into three sections: Commentary, Chronicle, and Evidence.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION: VISIONS AND REVISIONS; Part One: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS (AND THERAPY?), 1942-1945; Part Two: RECONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, AND TRANSFORMATION, 1945-1964; Part Three: POLICY, PRESSURE GROUPS, AND PAPERS - ON THE WAY TO MASS ACCESS, 1965-1984; Part Four: PLANNING FOR A MORE CERTAIN FUTURE, 1985-1997; Part Five: A MORE CERTAIN FUTURE - THE PLEASURES AND PERILS OF POST-COLONIALISM, 1997 TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-653) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70403-6

9786612704031

988-220-113-X

OCLC:

642685740