Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series - Timothy Brook - Books - Harvard University, Asia Center - 9780674697751 - 1994
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Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series


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Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage.


426 pages, 10ill.3M.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released 1994
ISBN13 9780674697751
Publishers Harvard University, Asia Center
Pages 412
Dimensions 248 × 163 × 37 mm   ·   776 g
Language English  

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