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Betting on the Civil Service Examinations

The Lottery in Late Qing China

En Li

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ISBN 9780674293830

Publication Date: 06/20/2023

374 pages

6 x 9 inches

4 photos, 29 color photos., 6 color maps, 17 tables

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En Li is Assistant Professor of Modern East Asian History at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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