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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Seattle ; London : a China Program Book, University of Washington Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295806235
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS754 .F674 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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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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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