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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ho, Ping-ti, author.

Series:

Studies of the East Asian Institute

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1962]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Wilbur, C. Martin

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89496-1

OCLC:

1100436510