"...Lee's study focuses on mass education and its role in shaping new ideas about the nation and modernization...she offers interesting insights into the complex and contested area of politics and ideology in the waning years of the dynasty." -- Christine J. Kim, Pacific Affairs

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories; Chapter 3 The Emergence of Modernizers and Their Ideology; Chapter 4 The Politics of State Formation, Nation Building and Modern Education; Chapter 5 The Textbooks I; Chapter 6 The Textbooks II; Chapter 7 Conclusion;