Title Indoctrinating the youth : secondary education in wartime China and postwar Taiwan, 1937-1960 / Jennifer Liu

Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The Relocation of Middle Schools during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- The Three People's Principles Youth Corps on the Mainland, 1938-1947 -- The China Youth Corps in Taiwan, 1952-1960 -- Military Training and Instructors, 1953-1960 -- Civics Textbooks and Curricular Standards, 1937-1960 Summary "Liu's careful analysis of the inner-workings of GMD youth organizations illuminates the day-to-day operations of military training in gender-segregated upper middle schools-including how the government selected instructors and the skills students learned. According to the author, mandatory military training contributed to preventing major protest against the government but the policy was not without critics. Intellectuals, parents, and students voiced their dissent at what they perceived as excessive control by a repressive government and a waste of resources interfering with academics. The government-mandated civics curriculum, including government-approved textbooks and standards, reveals the characteristics and duties GMD officials believed modern citizens of the next generation should possess. Through provisions for refugee students, youth organizations, military training, and civics classes, GMD secondary education policy played a critical role in the process of state building in both modern China and Taiwan. Skillfully combining archival work in Nanjing and Taipei, along with oral interviews with former students and CYC administrators, instructors, and members, Liu offers a unique perspective toward a balanced assessment of Nationalist Party rule"-- Provided by publisher Analysis China Youth Corps China education China history Sino-Japanese war chiang kai-shek china gmd communist education communist history military communism military education three people's principles youth corps Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2024) Subject Zhongguo guo min dang -- Influence Zhongguo guo min dang Education and state -- China -- History -- 20th century Education and state -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century Communist education -- China -- History -- 20th century Communist education -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century Education, Secondary -- China -- History -- 20th century Education, Secondary -- Taiwan -- History -- 20th century HISTORY / Asia / China Communist education Education and state Education, Secondary Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) China Taiwan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2023029712 ISBN 9780824896997 0824896998 9780824897000 0824897005 9780824897017 0824897013

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