Dry spells
Subtitle: state rainmaking and local governance in late imperial China
By: Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 311
Publisher: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780674033344
Subjects: Rain-making rites -- China -- History -- 19th century; Religion and state -- China -- History -- 19th century; Local government -- China -- History -- 19th century
Other titles: State rainmaking and local governance in late imperial China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Headlines; title: A tradition of sorts; title: An unruly order; title: No sacrifices withheld; title: Master Ji's rainmaking method; title: The importance of being earnest; title: Departures.