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Betting on the Civil Service Examinations : The Lottery in Late Qing China / En Li.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, En, author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; Volume 463.
- Harvard East Asian Monograph Series ; Volume 463
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service--China--Examinations--History--19th century.
- Civil service.
- Gambling--China--History--19th century.
- Gambling.
- Lotteries--Law and legislation--China--History--19th century.
- Lotteries.
- Lotteries--China--History--19th century.
- Guangdong Sheng (China)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Guangdong Sheng (China).
- China--History--1861-1912.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- The Lottery in Late Qing China
- Place of Publication:
- Massachusetts ; Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Weixing was a highly-organized lottery practice wherein people bet on the surnames of which candidates would pass the civil and military examinations in China. This book reconstructs the inner mechanisms of Weixing and other lottery games and traces a series of institutional revenue innovations surrounding lottery regulation from the 1850s to the early 1900s, depicting an expansive community created by the lottery with cultural and informational channels stretching around the world."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / En Li
- Introduction / En Li
- The History of Gaming, Gambling, and the Lottery / En Li
- The Community That the Lottery Made / En Li
- The Art of Betting / En Li
- Government Regulation, 1861–84 / En Li
- The Case of 1885
- Restoration and Aftermath / En Li
- The Crossroads of 1885
- Zhang Zhidong in a “Season of Existential Crisis” / En Li
- The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice / En Li
- Conclusion / En Li
- Notes / En Li
- Works Cited / En Li
- Character List / En Li
- Index / En Li
- Harvard East Asian Monographs / En Li.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-68417-683-2
- OCLC:
- 1443940418
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684176830 DOI
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