Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chronology of Major Dynasties and Qing Reign Periods xiii
5. Map of the Qing Empire xiv
6. Introduction. State, Publicity, and Political Culture in Late Imperial China 1
7. Chapter 1. The Qing Information Order 20
8. Chapter 2. Challenges to the Information Order 45
9. Chapter 3. State News in the Marketplace 70
10. Chapter 4. Official Readers and Political Culture 94
11. Chapter 5. The Qing Gazette Goes Abroad 116
12. Chapter 6. Information Wars 140
13. Conclusion. The True Story of the Peking Gazette 167
14. Appendix. Collections of Qing Gazettes Worldwide 173
15. Glossary 177
16. Notes 183
17. Bibliography 223
18. Index 247