Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults. Originally published in 1993. ...
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Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0691074178. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, a mild bump to the bottom corner is the only remarkable book flaw, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has surface-rubbing only, it is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "since 1979 when the Chinese government relaxed most of its stringent controls on religion, villagers in isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an 'underground' effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults, " illustrated and includes a bibliography; 290 pages.
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Second paperback printing. 290 pp. Glossary, bibliography, index. Very Good condition (corners crisp, no creases, no markings; very light wear to cover). A clean, solid copy.
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Good+ in None jacket. 290pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, Ex-Library (Private, only markings are stamps and writing on front endpapers, 1/2 title page & title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Study of Taoist ritual and popular cults of southeast China. Illustrated with photos.
