A School in Ren Village

1. Introduction.- 1.1 The Reasons for Studying the Education of a Village.- 1.2 How to Implement Research.- 1.3 Previous Studies.- 2. Prelude.- 2.1 Occurrence.- 2.2 The Scene of the Event.- 2.3 The Space-time Coordinate of the Event.- 2.4 An Extended Suspense.- 3. One Village in North China.- 3.1 Geography and Climate in Northern China.- 3.2 The History and Society of W County: A County filled with Turmoil and Chaos of War as well as Famine in the Collective Memory.- 3.3 Location of the Village and External Social Connection.- 3.4 Conclusion.- 4. History and Society of the Village.- 4.1 Early History of the Village.- 4.2 A Murky Period.- 4.3 The Community Environment of Ren Village.- 4.4 Four Natural Conditions, Land Utilization, and External Market in Village.- 4.5 Extroversion of the Village: Getting Involved in a Large Outer Market System.- 4.6 Family Names, Families, and Division of Social Space in the Village.- 4.7 Living and Yard Pattern of Ren Village.- 5. Heritage of LateQing Dynasty and the Republic of China: Replacement of New Education for Old Education.- 5.1 The Beginning of New Education as Seen from Outside Ren Village.- 5.2 Schools and Education in Ren Village: Personal Circumstances and Life History of Intellectual People.- 6. New Schools and Educated People.- 6.1 The Course of Schools Introduced to the Village.- 6.2 Graduates Produced by the School.- 6.3 Reflections: the Significance of School for the Village and the Villagers.- 7. The Private School after 1991.- 7.1 Private Schools in the Context of the Historical and Social Space.- 7.2 Yucai School's Environment and Life: City Cultural Image and its Variation.- 8. Epilogue.- 8.1 The Dissolution of the Junior High School.- 8.2 Escape of 6th Grade Students.- 8.3 The Incubation and Development of a Modern Study Hall: Another Unexpected Result.- 8.4 The Outcome: Yucai School in Interaction and Competition.- 8.5 The Follow-up Effects and Prospects of Yucai School.- 8.6 The Implication of the Ending.-

Hongchang SI currently works in the Chinese National Academy of Education Administration. He studied at Hebei University, Beijing Normal University and then East China Normal University. In his research, he examines rural education and higher education from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining history, anthropology and sociology. His PhD thesis, from which the book was translated, was awarded the "National 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations" in 2008.