Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China

Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Asian, China
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Author: Mark McNicholas ISBN: 9780295806235
Publisher: University of Washington Press Publication: April 5, 2016
Imprint: University of Washington Press Language: English
Author: Mark McNicholas
ISBN: 9780295806235
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication: April 5, 2016
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Language: English

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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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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