TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ho,Ping-Ti
AU  - Wilbur,C.Martin
TI  - The Ladder of Success in Imperial China: Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368–1911 
T2  - Studies of the East Asian Institute
SN  - 9780231936903
PY  - 1962///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/ho--93690
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231894968
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ER  -