Peer Vries's Great Divergence
While that may not have been its original purpose, the examination system turned into a powerful tool to defend incumbents against the threat of intellectual innovators who threatened their political power and the value of their human capital. The Mandarin civil service examinations, Needham insiste...
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| Published in | Tijdschrift voor sociale en economische geschiedenis Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 93 - 104 |
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| Abstract | While that may not have been its original purpose, the examination system turned into a powerful tool to defend incumbents against the threat of intellectual innovators who threatened their political power and the value of their human capital. The Mandarin civil service examinations, Needham insisted with some hyperbole, caused the system to ?perpetuate itself through ten thousand generations'.4 In a society in which public office remained ?the most important source of prestige and wealth'5 the best and brightest young men allocated their time and efforts to prepare for these examinations. |
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| AbstractList | While that may not have been its original purpose, the examination system turned into a powerful tool to defend incumbents against the threat of intellectual innovators who threatened their political power and the value of their human capital. The Mandarin civil service examinations, Needham insisted with some hyperbole, caused the system to ?perpetuate itself through ten thousand generations'.4 In a society in which public office remained ?the most important source of prestige and wealth'5 the best and brightest young men allocated their time and efforts to prepare for these examinations. |
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