Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China : Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State (9780295742700)

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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 280 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 17.78mm | 386g
• Publication date 01 Aug 2017
• Publisher University of Washington Press
• Publication City/Country Seattle, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 3 b&w illus., 1 map
• ISBN10 0295742704
• ISBN13 9780295742700
• Bestsellers rank 2,114,601

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