Praying for Power : Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late Ming China by Brook, Timohy - 1993
by Brook, Timohy
Praying for Power : Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late Ming China
by Brook, Timohy
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Cambridge, MA: Council on East Asian Studies / Harvard University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 403 (3) p. w/ illus., maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. Examines Buddhism's relationship to Neo-Confucianism, growth of tourism to sites, and motives for charitable donations by Ming gentry, then focusing on 3 very different counties.
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Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Council on East Asian Studies / Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication Cambridge, MA
- Date Published 1993