Lost Modernities : : China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History / / Alexander WOODSIDE.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: WOODSIDE, Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures ; 2001
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1 Questioning Mandarins --; 2 Meritocracy's Underworlds --; 3 Administrative Welfare Dreams --; 4 Mandarin Management Theorists? --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674045347; 9783110649772; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674045347
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexander WOODSIDE.

In 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.