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Author:

Li, En, 1982- author.

Title:

Betting on the civil service examinations : the lottery in late Qing China / En Li.

Publisher:

Harvard University Asia Center,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Lotteries--China--History--19th century.
Civil service--China--History--History--19th century.
Lotteries--History--China--History--19th century.
Gambling--China--History--19th century.
Lottery tickets--China--History--19th century.
Revenue--China--History--19th century.
Guangdong Sheng (China)--Social life and customs--19th century.
China--History--1861-1912.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice . The Community that the Lottery Made -- The Art of Betting -- Government Regulation, 1861-84 -- The Case of 1885: Restoration and Aftermath -- The Crossroads of 1885: Zhang Zhidong in a "Season of Existential Crisis" -- The Cantonese Origin of a Transnational Practice .

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.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 463

ISBN:

0674293835
9780674293830
0674293770
9780674293779

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1369679438

LCCN:

2023011217

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)