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Other rivers : a Chinese education
Hessler, Peter, 1969-2024
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More than two decades after teaching English during the early part of China's economic boom, an experience chronicled in his book River Town, Peter Hessler returned to Sichuan province to instruct students from the next generation. At the same time, Hessler and his wife enrolled their twin daughters in a local state-run elementary school, where they were the only Westerners. Over the years, Hessler had kept in close contact with many of the people he had taught in the 1990s. By reconnecting with these individuals-members of China's "Reform generation," now in their forties-while teaching current undergrads, Hessler gained a unique perspective on China's incredible transformation. In Peter Hessler's hands, China's education system is the perfect vehicle for examining the country's past, present, and future, and what we can learn from it, for good and ill.
Main title:
Other rivers : a Chinese education / Peter Hessler.
Author:
Hessler, Peter, 1969-, author
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2024.©2024
Collation:
449 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part 1. Chapter one: RejectionChapter two: The old campusChapter three: The new campusChapter four: Chengdu experimentalChapter five: EarthquakePart 2. Chapter six: The city suspendedChapter seven: Children of the CoronaChapter eight: The sealed cityChapter nine: InvolutionChapter ten: Common senseChapter eleven: Generation Xi.
ISBN:
9781805462859 (hardback)9781805462866 (paperback)
Dewey class:
378.1980951378.1
Language:
English
Subject:
Hessler, Peter, 1969- -- Travel -- ChinaSichuan da xueCollege students -- China -- InterviewsEducation, Higher -- China -- History -- 20th centuryEnglish teachers -- United States -- BiographyAmericans -- China -- BiographyChina -- Intellectual life -- 1976-China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000China -- Social conditions -- 2000-BiographiesTravel writing
BRN:
2286688