Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China |
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| Author:
| Elman, Benjamin A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-72495-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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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 higher education around the globe today.
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.