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Empire and local worlds : a Chinese model for long-term historical anthropology / Mingming Wang.
Penn Museum Library GN635.C5 W357 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Mingming.
- Series:
- Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
- Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Critical perspectives on cultural heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--China--Guangzhou.
- Ethnology.
- Ethnohistory--China--Guangzhou.
- Ethnohistory.
- Guangzhou (China)--Historiography.
- Guangzhou (China).
- Guangzhou (China)--Social life and customs.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China.
- History.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- China--Guangzhou.
- Physical Description:
- 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The carp: empire and the culture of commerce, 712-1368
- Casting the net: pu and the foundations of local control, 960-1400
- Pujing and the "civilizing process" of the Ming, 1368-1520
- Heaven on earth: pujing and worship platforms
- Local worlds at the margin, 1400-1644
- Unorthodox cults and the expulsion of demons, 1500-1644
- "Congregations of the gods," rule of division, 1644-1720
- Pujing feuds, 1720-1839
- The ceremonial redemption, 1840-1896
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kenneth H. and Thelma F. Cisney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781598744040
- 1598744046
- 9781598744057
- 1598744054
- OCLC:
- 318057864
- Publisher Number:
- 99934824938
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