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Li, En,

Betting on the Civil Service Examinations : The Lottery in Late Qing China / The Lottery in Late Qing China En Li.

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.


English

ISBN: 9781684176830

Standard No.: 10.1163/9781684176830 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civil service--Examinations--History--China--19th century.
Gambling--History--China--19th century.
Lotteries--Law and legislation--History--China--19th century.
Lotteries--History--China--19th century.

LC Class. No.: HG6250.W459

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4/820951212