Elasticity and Toughness: Ethnography of Minban Teachers Policy Implementation in Rural Chinese Society

The book examines <em>minban</em> teachers in China between 1949 and 2000, when rural areas were short of qualified teachers. During this period of time, <em>minban</em> teachers made great contributions to education, doing the same work as state-employed school teachers while receiving much lower salaries due to non-official status.