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008			131111s2013 mau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aJQ1512 _b.C585 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aElman, Benjamin A., _d1946- _e1
245	1	0	_aCivil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China /Benjamin A. Elman.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts ; _aLondon, England : _bHarvard University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 401 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aPart I. Becoming mainstream : "way learning" during the late empire -- _tpart II. Unintended consequences of civil examinations -- _tpart III. Retooling civil examinations to suit changing times.
520	0		_aBenjamin 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.
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650		0	_aCivil service _zChina _xExaminations _xHistory.
650		4	_aAsia-Pacific.
650		4	_aCivil service _vExaminations.
650		4	_aCivil service _zChina _vExaminations _vHistory.
650		4	_aCulture and History of non-European Territories.
650		4	_aHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=659544&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell