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

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

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.
  • Brand: Harvard University Press
  • Category: History
  • Format: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2022-11-25
  • Publisher / Label: Harvard University Press
  • Author: Lawrence Zhang
  • Number of Pages: 328
  • Fruugo ID: 457565184-964125959
  • ISBN: 9780674278288

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