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

By:

McNicholas, Mark [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780295806235

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DS754 .F674 2016

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Contents:

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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DS754.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available	ocn937723365

Includes bibliographies 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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