Kakyo-Chugoku No Shikenjigoku

Name: Kakyo-Chugoku No Shikenjigoku
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ISBN: 9780300026399

ISBN-10: 0300026390

ISBN-13: 9780300026399

Edition: 1981 (Reprint)

Authors: Ichisada Miyazaki, Conrad Schirokauer

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Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias-why did millions of nineteenth-century American men belong to these and other secret orders? In this engrossing study, Mark C. Carnes argues that fraternal rituals created a fantasy world antithetical to prevailing religious practices, gender roles, and institutional structures, offering a male religious counterculture that opposed an increasingly liberal and feminized Protestantism. An] original and compelling study...Making use of anthropology as well as social history, Carnes is probably the first outsider to take these rituals seriously...Playing the role of a graceful, controlling ...guide into these mysteries, Carnes slowly unveils his…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/10/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 146
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.92" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



Preparing for the Examinations



the District and Prefectural Examinations



the Qualifying Examination



the "Annual" and Special Preliminary Examinations



the Provincial Examination and Reexamination



the Metropolitan Examination and Reexamination



the Palace Examination and the Court Review



the Military Examination System



the Special Examinations



an Evaluation of the Examination System


Appendix Suggestions for Further Reading


Important Events in the Chronology of the Examination System


Glossary-Index