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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454682603321

Autore

Woodside Alexander

Titolo

Lost modernities [[electronic resource] ] : China, Vietnam, Korea, and the hazards of world history / / Alexander Woodside

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-674-04534-3

Descrizione fisica

142 p

Collana

The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures

Classificazione

NT 7700

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Bureaucracy - China - History

Bureaucracy - Vietnam - History

Bureaucracy - Korea - History

Electronic books.

China Politics and government

Vietnam Politics and government

Korea Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 2001"--P. [i].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-133) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Questioning Mandarins -- 2 Meritocracy's Underworlds -- 3 Administrative Welfare Dreams -- 4 Mandarin Management Theorists? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Lost Modernities, Alexander 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. This book removes modernity from a standard Eurocentric understanding and offers a unique new perspective on the transnational nature of Asian history.