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Empire and local worlds : a Chinese model for long-term historical anthropology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Mingming
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2009]
Series:Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage.
Subjects:
Ethnology > China > Guangzhou.
Ethnohistory > China > Guangzhou.
Guangzhou (China) > Historiography.
Guangzhou (China) > Social life and customs.
China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Table of 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.