Edward Vickers: 4 books

The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life – much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, changes to the country’s education system. This book analyses the development of that system since the abandonment of radical Maoism and the inauguration...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the colonies during this pivotal point in history.

At the request of her children and grandchildren, Lillie Belle Parmenter Horn has written the following history and memoirs of her life. She had what few years of schooling were attainable in the 1800s. There was no punctuation whatsoever in the original manuscript which she wrote in long hand. She...