TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - WOODSIDE, Alexander, CN - JQ1510 -- W66 2006eb DO - 10.4159/9780674045347 DO - doi ID - 1478791 JF - Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 KW - Bureaucracy KW - Bureaucracy KW - Bureaucracy KW - HISTORY / Asia / China. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045347 N2 - 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. SN - 9780674045347 T1 - Lost Modernities :China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History / TI - Lost Modernities :China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045347 VL - 2001 ER -