Empire and local worlds
Subtitle: a Chinese model for long-term historical anthropology
By: Mingming Wang.
Series: Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London
Publisher: Left Coast Press; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781598744040; 9781598744057
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The carp: empire and the culture of commerce, 712-1368; title: Casting the net: pu and the foundations of local control, 960-1400; title: Pujing and the civilizing process of the ming, 1368-1520; title: Heaven on earth: pujing and worship platforms; title: Local worlds at the margin, 1400-1644; title: Unorthodox cults and the expulsion of demons, 1500-1644; title: congregations of gods, rule of division, 1644-1720; title: Pujing feuds, 1720-1839; title: The ceremonial redemption, 1840-1896; title: Conclusion.