{"product_id":"power-for-a-price-the-purchase-of-official-appointments-in-qing-china-9780674278288","title":"Power for a Price: The Purchase of Official Appointments in Qing China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 328 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 November 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harvard University, Asia Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 Zhang's groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other printed evidence contradicts this widely held assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674278288\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lawrence Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44098285240570,"sku":"9780674278288","price":43.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1672406445703_book.jpg?v=1672480579","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/power-for-a-price-the-purchase-of-official-appointments-in-qing-china-9780674278288","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}