In Search of an Identity – The Politics of History as a School Subject in Hong Kong, 1960s–2005
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
962809338X
ISBN-13
9789628093380
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Imprint
Comparative Education Research Centre
Country of Manufacture
HK
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 2005
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
516 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 15.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Teaching of a specific subjectPolitics & governmentEducational: History
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In most societies the school subject of history reflects and reinforces a sense of collective identity. This study sets out to reexamine some of the myths concerning colonialism and schooling under the British, while showing how in postcolonial Hong Kong these myths have been deployed to legitimise a programme of nationalistic re-education.
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