Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Map of China xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Ideology of the Happy Family, 1915-48 20
8. 2 Gendered Responsibilities: Debates over Female Education in the Republican Period 57
9. 3 Domestic Discipline: The Development of Home Economics Curricula 81
10. 4 A Discipline of Their Own: Home Economists in Institutions of Higher Learning 111
11. 5 Experimenting with the Family: Family Education Experimental Zones in the 1940s 143
12. 6 Cleaning House: The Last Decade of a Gendered Discipline 170
13. 7 The Post -1949 Politics of Home Economics: Stories of Professional Evolution 196
14. Conclusion 218
15. Notes 228
16. Glossary of Chinese Terms, Institutions, and Names 277
17. Bibliography 283
18. Index 308