A cultural history of civil examinations in late imperial China
By: Benjamin A. Elman
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 847
ISBN-13: 9780585312446
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Civil service; Examinations; History; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Government; Executive Branch; Public Affairs & Administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-796) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rethinking the historical roots of late imperial civil examinations; title: Imperial power, cultural politics, and civil examination in the early Ming; title: Institutional dynamics and the mobilization of elites in late imperial civil examinations; title: Examination compounds and the limits of dynastic power; title: Classical literacy and the social dimensions of late imperial civil examinations; title: Emotional anxiety, dreams of success, and the examination life; title: The cultural scope of civil examinations and the eight-legged essay among elites; title: Examiner standards, literati interpretation, and limits to the dynasitc control of knowledge; title: Natural studies, history, and Han learning in civil examinations; title: Acceleration of curricular reform under Ch'ing rule before 1800; title: Delegitimation and decanonization : the pitfalls of late Ch'ing examination reform; title: Appendix 1 : civil examination primary sources, 1148-1904; title: Appendix 2 : civil examination primary sources in the Mormon genealogical library; title: Appendix 3 : tables; title: Appendix 4 : timelines for civil examination curriculum change, 650-1905; title: Appendix 5 : major types of civil examination sources besides gazetteers.