Forgery and impersonation in imperial China : popular deceptions and the high Qing state / Mark McNicholas.
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TextSeries: China Program BooksPublisher: Seattle ; London : a China Program Book, University of Washington Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780295806235
- 0295806230
- China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
- China -- Officials and employees
- False personation -- China -- History
- Forgery -- China -- History
- Public administration -- China -- History
- Fraud -- China -- History
- Chine -- Histoire -- 1644-1912 (Dynastie mandchoue)
- Supposition de personne -- Chine -- Histoire
- Faux -- Chine -- Histoire
- Administration publique (Science) -- Chine -- Histoire
- Fraude -- Chine -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
- HISTORY -- Asia -- China
- Employees
- False personation
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Public administration
- Qing Dynasty (China)
- China
- 1644-1912
- 364.16/309510903 23
- DS754.12
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.
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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