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

Published Seattle ; London : a China Program Book, University of Washington Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) Series China Program Books China Program Books 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject False personation -- China -- History Forgery -- China -- History Public administration -- China -- History Fraud -- China -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Employees False personation Forgery Fraud Public administration Qing Dynasty (China) SUBJECT China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078 China -- Officials and employees Subject China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021692797 ISBN 9780295806235 0295806230

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