Power for a Price. The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China, Hardback - Lawrence Zhang

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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 Zhangs groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other printed evidence contradicts this widely held assessment.Publisher: Harvard University, Asia CenterAuthor(s): Lawrence ZhangIllustration(s): 1 photo, 1 illus., 4 color illus., 19 tablesNumber of pages: 328Collection: Harvard East Asian MonographsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 25Cover type: Hardback

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397.99 ^RON

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