Title Soulstealers : the Chinese sorcery scare of 1768 / Philip A. Kuhn

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990

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Description xi, 299 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Tales of the China clipper -- The properous age -- Threats seen and unseen -- The crime defined -- The roots of sorcery fear -- The campaign in the provinces -- On the trail of the master-sorcerers -- The end of the trail -- Political crime and bureaucratic monarchy -- Theme and variations Analysis China Magic (Occultism) History China Magic (Occultism) History Politics History, 1644-1912 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-278) and index Notes Print version record Subject Bureaucracy -- China -- History -- 18th century. Hairstyles -- Social aspects -- China. Witchcraft -- China -- History -- 18th century. SUBJECT China -- History -- Qianlong, 1736-1795. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024083 China -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024165 LC no. 90032807 ISBN 0674821513

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