Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China /Benjamin A. Elman.
Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-
Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China /Benjamin A. Elman. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 401 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Becoming mainstream : "way learning" during the late empire -- part II. Unintended consequences of civil examinations -- part III. Retooling civil examinations to suit changing times.
Benjamin Elman describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today.
9780674726048
Civil service--Examinations--History.--China
Asia-Pacific.
Civil service--Examinations.
Civil service--China--Examinations--History.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
History.
Electronic Books.
JQ1512 / .C585 2013
Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China /Benjamin A. Elman. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 401 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Becoming mainstream : "way learning" during the late empire -- part II. Unintended consequences of civil examinations -- part III. Retooling civil examinations to suit changing times.
Benjamin Elman describes how education, examinations, and civil service fostered the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge. Chinese civil examinations, a piece of social engineering worked out over centuries, prefigured the regime of meritocratic exams that undergirds higher education around the globe today.
9780674726048
Civil service--Examinations--History.--China
Asia-Pacific.
Civil service--Examinations.
Civil service--China--Examinations--History.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
History.
Electronic Books.
JQ1512 / .C585 2013