Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China: Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State
Author:   Mark McNicholas
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
ISBN:  

9780295995090


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China: Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State


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Across eighteenth-century China a wide range of common people forged government documents or pretended to be officials or other agents of the state. This examination of case records and law codes traces the legal meanings and social and political contexts of small-time swindles that were punished as grave political transgressions.

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Author:   Mark McNicholas
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780295995090


ISBN 10:   0295995092
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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This book is undoubtedly a welcome and significant addition to the scholarship on Qing legal and social history. It will be of great value for anyone interested in late imperial Chinese law, society, culture, and politics. * Journal of Asian Studies *


""This book is undoubtedly a welcome and significant addition to the scholarship on Qing legal and social history. It will be of great value for anyone interested in late imperial Chinese law, society, culture, and politics."" * Journal of Asian Studies *


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Mark McNicholas is associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College.

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