Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China : Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McNicholas, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fraud > China > History.
Public administration > China > History.
Forgery > China > History.
False personation > China > History.
China > Officials and employees.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: crimes, commoners, and the state
  • Meng Guangzu: the Prince's tour and the struggle for the throne
  • Secret agents: high tide and disappearance, 1723-1800
  • "En route to my post" and other tall tales: phony officials on the move
  • Phony cops: the persistence of police impersonation
  • Forgery: gaining trust in a land of documents and seals
  • Bad proxies and bogus credentials: forgery and the purchase of official rank
  • From politics to money: legal reckoning in the high Qing
  • Conclusion.

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