Title Forgery and impersonation in imperial China : popular deceptions and the high Qing state / Mark McNicholas.

Publication Info.	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject	China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
	China -- Officials and employees.
	China.
	False personation -- China -- History.
	False personation.
	History.
	Forgery -- China -- History.
	Forgery.
	Public administration -- China -- History.
	Public administration.
	Fraud -- China -- History.
	Fraud.
Chronological Term	1644-1912
Genre/Form	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: McNicholas, Mark, author. Forgery and impersonation in imperial China 9780295995090 (DLC) 2015029056 (OCoLC)907447784
ISBN	9780295806235 electronic book
	0295806230 electronic book
	9780295995090
	0295995092