Civil examinations and meritocracy in late Imperial China /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elman, Benjamin A., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Civil service > China > Examinations > History.
Fonction publique > Chine > Examens > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
Civil service > Examinations.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 401 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674726048
0674726049

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