Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Ladder of Success in Imperial China : Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368–1911 / Ping-Ti Ho.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies of the East Asian InstitutePublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1962]Copyright date: ©1962Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9780231936903
  • 9780231894968
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Printing -- Preface to the First Printing -- Contents -- Tables -- I. Social Ideology and Social Stratification -- II. The Fluidity of the Status System -- III. Upward Mobility: Entry into Officialdom -- IV. Downward Mobility -- V. Factors Affecting Social Mobility -- VI. Regional Differences in Socioacademic Success and Mobility -- VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected Cases of Social Mobility -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Presents the first in a series of works in social sciences to increase the understanding of East Asia over a period of five hundred years. Looks to uncover social realities including family-status registration in Ming times and the academic system among others, based on local histories and local materials.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231894968

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Printing -- Preface to the First Printing -- Contents -- Tables -- I. Social Ideology and Social Stratification -- II. The Fluidity of the Status System -- III. Upward Mobility: Entry into Officialdom -- IV. Downward Mobility -- V. Factors Affecting Social Mobility -- VI. Regional Differences in Socioacademic Success and Mobility -- VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion -- Appendix: Selected Cases of Social Mobility -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Presents the first in a series of works in social sciences to increase the understanding of East Asia over a period of five hundred years. Looks to uncover social realities including family-status registration in Ming times and the academic system among others, based on local histories and local materials.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)