Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Zhen, Zhu, The School System, Schools and Confucian Classical Studies in the Late Qing and Early Republic of China. 362 pp. 2026:5 (Routledge, UK) <765-932>
ISBN 978-1-032-91693-4 hard ¥49,456.- (税込) GB￡ 160.00

This book examines the relationship between education, schools, and Confucian classical studies during the late Qing and early Republican periods.The imperial examination system could not accommodate Western learning. Then, Chinese learning was incorporated into the framework of new schools that offered instruction in different academic disciplines defined by Western ideas about knowledge and learning. Eventually, Confucian classical studies were removed from the formal curriculum of the new education system. These efforts to both preserve and eliminate Confucian classical studies reflect the contested relationships between Chinese and Western cultures, as well as between tradition and modernity, during an intellectually tumultuous period in Chinese history. The book's detailed discussion of how those committed to conserving the old and those eager to embrace the new navigated the treacherous politics of educational policies and public opinion sheds light on how these competing intellectual impulses shaped the country's mass and elite educational landscape for decades to come.The book is intended for scholars and students of history, pedagogy, and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in traditional Chinese culture.

Charbonneau, Oli / Walther, Karine V. (eds.), The Gospel of Work and Money: Industrial Education and Its Global Legacies. (Power, Politics, and the World) 312 pp. 2026:1 (U. Pennsylvania Pr., US) <765-1309>
ISBN 978-1-5128-2893-1 hard ¥12,402.- (税込) US$ 55.00

The first collection to explore forms of coercive labor education as connected global phenomena across modern history At its core, industrial education was a project of imperial modernity that sought to reform marginalized populations towards the extractive ends of empire and capital. Its architects and practitioners identified interlocked civilizational and financial benefits of these practices. Its classrooms were spaces where children and youth learned to labor in ways designed to transform them into pliant and mobile workers. Editors Oli Charbonneau and Karine V. Walther bring together scholars from multiple disciplines to explore the practices and legacies of industrial education across modern global history.The Gospel of Work and Money is the first collection to explore forms of coercive labor education as connected global phenomena across modern history and foreground the many ways that 'work' remains the primary pedagogical lens of capital in our present era. Contributors link practices of industrial and imperial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to a host of projects across an ostensibly decolonized world. A volume of critical histories, the book is a valuable resource for scholars and instructors of capitalism, empire, education, and labor.Contributors: Danya Al-Saleh, Lukas Allemann, Hossein Ayazi, Zahra Babar, Oli Charbonneau, Bronwen Everill, Mishal Khan, Arun Kumar, Janne Lahti, Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus, Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, Karine Walther, Helge Wendt, Christine Whyte.