02799nam 22006854a 450 991045468260332120200520144314.00-674-04534-310.4159/9780674045347(CKB)1000000000786889(SSID)ssj0000194393(PQKBManifestationID)11183811(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194393(PQKBWorkID)10232556(PQKB)11232034(MiAaPQ)EBC3300161(DE-B1597)457810(OCoLC)1032677075(OCoLC)1043622536(OCoLC)979832582(DE-B1597)9780674045347(Au-PeEL)EBL3300161(CaPaEBR)ebr10313880(OCoLC)923109631(EXLCZ)99100000000078688920051123d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLost modernities[electronic resource] China, Vietnam, Korea, and the hazards of world history /Alexander WoodsideCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press2006142 pThe Edwin O. Reischauer lectures"The Edwin O. Reischauer lectures, 2001"--P. [i].0-674-02217-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-133) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Questioning Mandarins -- 2 Meritocracy's Underworlds -- 3 Administrative Welfare Dreams -- 4 Mandarin Management Theorists? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexIn 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.BureaucracyChinaHistoryBureaucracyVietnamHistoryBureaucracyKoreaHistoryChinaPolitics and governmentVietnamPolitics and governmentKoreaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.BureaucracyHistory.BureaucracyHistory.BureaucracyHistory.320.951NT 7700rvkWoodside Alexander681467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454682603321Lost modernities2353313UNINA