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Power for a Price: The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China

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The Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for government appointments, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic. Lawrence Zhang’s groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other print...

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Product ID:	9780674278288
Product Form:	Hardback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Series:	Harvard East Asian Monographs
Title:	Power for a Price
Subtitle:	The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China
Authors:	Author: Lawrence Zhang
Page Count:	328
Subjects:	Asian history, Asian history, Social and cultural history, Public administration, Social & cultural history, Public administration, Asia, China
Description:	The Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for government appointments, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic. Lawrence Zhang’s groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other printed evidence contradicts this widely held assessment.
Imprint Name:	Harvard University Press
Publisher Name:	Harvard University Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-10-11

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Weight	564 g
Dimensions	159 × 237 × 25 mm

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