Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China - Benjamin A. Elman - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674724952 - November 1, 2013
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Benjamin A. Elman
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 higher education around the globe today.

344 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 1, 2013
ISBN13 9780674724952
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 163 × 235 × 31 mm   ·   764 g
Language English  

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