Amano, Ikuo. <br/><br/>
Education and examination in modern Japan / 
Ikuo Amano ; translated by William K. Cummings and Fumiko Cummings. 
 - Tokyo :  University of Tokyo Press,  1990 
 - xxiii, 234 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Translation of: Shiken no shakaishi. 
<br/><br/>modernization and the rise of examinations;<br/>examinations in traditional society;<br/>the rise of the modern educational system and examinations;<br/>from elementary schools to middle schools;<br/>the examination system and higher education;<br/>qualifying examinations for the profession;<br/>government officials and education credentialism;<br/>the road to the imperial university;<br/>the world of examinations - before and after 1900;<br/>examinations as a way to climb the social ladder<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>4130570188 : 0860084485 (U.S.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Examinations--History.--Japan<br/>Universities and colleges--Entrance examinations--History.--Japan<br/>Education--Social aspects--History.--Japan<br/>Education, Higher--Social aspects--History.--Japan
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.260952  / A484