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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ho, Ping-Ti,
• MitwirkendeR: Wilbur, C. Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1962]; ©1962
• Year of Publication: 1962
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231894968; 9783110649680; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/ho--93690
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ping-Ti Ho.

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.