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02561aam a22004818i 4500 001 15570A48253111EE91433F782CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230718010455 008 230508s2023 mau b 001 0deng 010 $a 2023011217 020 $a 0674293835 020 $a 9780674293830 020 $a 0674293770 020 $a 9780674293779 035 $a (OCoLC)1369679438 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 041 0 $a chi $a chi 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a HG6250.W459 $b L5 2023 082 00 $a 306.4/820951212 $2 23/eng/20230530 100 1 $a Li, En, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Betting on the civil service examinations : $b the lottery in late Qing China / $c En Li. 263 $a 2308 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Harvard University Asia Center, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 490 1 $a Harvard East Asian monographs ; $v 463 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice . $t The Community that the Lottery Made -- $t The Art of Betting -- $t Government Regulation, 1861-84 -- $t The Case of 1885: Restoration and Aftermath -- $t The Crossroads of 1885: Zhang Zhidong in a "Season of Existential Crisis" -- $t The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice . 520 $a "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."-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a English; some words and phrases in Chinese. 650 0 $a Lotteries $z China $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Civil service $z China $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Lotteries $x History $z China $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Gambling $z China $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Lottery tickets $z China $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Revenue $z China $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Guangdong Sheng (China) $x Social life and customs $y 19th century. 651 0 $a China $x History $y 1861-1912. 830 0 $a Harvard East Asian monographs ; $v 463. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013739.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=15570A48253111EE91433F782CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search