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Dry spells : state rainmaking and local governance in late imperial China / Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 311.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781684174843
  • 1684174848
Report number: 2008045047Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dry spells.DDC classification:
  • 322/.1095109034 22
LOC classification:
  • GN473.6 .S69 2009
Other classification:
  • 15.79
  • 73.57
  • 89.41
Online resources:
Contents:
Headlines -- A tradition of sorts -- An unruly order -- No sacrifices withheld -- Master Ji's rainmaking method -- The importance of being earnest -- Departures.
Action note:
  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: In Late Imperial China control of the weather became an integral part of local government. This study looks at rainmaking activities organised or conducted by local officials under the Qing dynasty.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.

Headlines -- A tradition of sorts -- An unruly order -- No sacrifices withheld -- Master Ji's rainmaking method -- The importance of being earnest -- Departures.

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In Late Imperial China control of the weather became an integral part of local government. This study looks at rainmaking activities organised or conducted by local officials under the Qing dynasty.

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