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Helen M. Schneider. Keeping the Nation’s House: Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China . Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011. ix+ 321pp. $85.00 cloth; $34.95 paper. ISBN 978-07748-1997-8 cloth; ISBN 978-07748-1998-5 paper.

Helen M. Schneider. Keeping the Nation’s House: Domestic Management and the Making of Modern... Helen M. Schneider. Keeping the Nation's House: Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011. ix+ 321pp. $85.00 cloth; $34.95 paper. ISBN 978-07748-1997-8 cloth; ISBN 978-07748-1998-5 paper. In pre-twentieth century China the smooth running of the family household (in which the ritual propriety of hierarchical and gender relationships was correctly observed) was always intrinsically linked to the well-being of the state. In the book under review, Helen Schneider explores how during the first half of the twentieth century, a time when official and intellectual elites were increasingly preoccupied with the task of creating a `modern' and `civilised' nation, women were allocated the primary responsibility for the `perfection of domestic space' that was assumed to be so crucial for the success of this project. Schneider focuses in particular on the introduction and evolution of home economics (or domestic science), which became a core element of women's higher education during the 1920s and 1930s. In fact, from the beginning of formal public education for girls during the last years of the Qing dynasty--when the government sanctioned the creation of primary and teacher training (normal) schools in 1907-the curriculum included courses on jiashi (household http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png NAN NÜ Brill

Helen M. Schneider. Keeping the Nation’s House: Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China . Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011. ix+ 321pp. $85.00 cloth; $34.95 paper. ISBN 978-07748-1997-8 cloth; ISBN 978-07748-1998-5 paper.

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1387-6805
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Helen M. Schneider. Keeping the Nation's House: Domestic Management and the Making of Modern China. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2011. ix+ 321pp. $85.00 cloth; $34.95 paper. ISBN 978-07748-1997-8 cloth; ISBN 978-07748-1998-5 paper. In pre-twentieth century China the smooth running of the family household (in which the ritual propriety of hierarchical and gender relationships was correctly observed) was always intrinsically linked to the well-being of the state. In the book under review, Helen Schneider explores how during the first half of the twentieth century, a time when official and intellectual elites were increasingly preoccupied with the task of creating a `modern' and `civilised' nation, women were allocated the primary responsibility for the `perfection of domestic space' that was assumed to be so crucial for the success of this project. Schneider focuses in particular on the introduction and evolution of home economics (or domestic science), which became a core element of women's higher education during the 1920s and 1930s. In fact, from the beginning of formal public education for girls during the last years of the Qing dynasty--when the government sanctioned the creation of primary and teacher training (normal) schools in 1907-the curriculum included courses on jiashi (household

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