Lost Modernities : China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History.
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- 9780674045347
- 320.951
- JQ1510
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Questioning Mandarins -- 2 Meritocracy's Underworlds -- 3 Administrative Welfare Dreams -- 4 Mandarin Management Theorists? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Woodside offers an overview of the bureaucratic politics of preindustrial China, Vietnam, and Korea. He focuses on the political and administrative theory of the three mandarinates and their long experimentation with governments recruited in part through meritocratic civil service examinations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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