{"product_id":"peking-temples-and-city-life-1400-1900-hardcover","title":"Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Naquin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image as China's great and ancient capital came into being and reveals the shifting identities of a much more complex past, one whose rich social and cultural history Naquin splendidly evokes. Temples, by providing a place where diverse groups could gather without the imprimatur of family or state, made possible a surprising assortment of community-building and identity-defining activities. By revealing how religious establishments of all kinds were used for fairs, markets, charity, tourism, politics, and leisured sociability, Naquin shows their decisive impact on Peking and, at the same time, illuminates their little-appreciated role in Chinese cities generally. Lacking most of the conventional sources for urban history, she has relied particularly on a trove of commemorative inscriptions that express ideas about the relationship between human beings and gods, about community service and public responsibility, about remembering and being remembered. The result is a book that will be essential reading in the field of Chinese studies for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Naquin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Princeton University. Her earlier books include \u003ci\u003eMillenarian Rebellion in China\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and \u003ci\u003eShantung Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e (1981); as coauthor, \u003ci\u003eChinese Society in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); and, as coeditor, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims and Sacred Sites in China\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 850\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.95 x 9.26 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48381452615929,"sku":"9780520219915","price":189.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tV1cn3fpia9780520219915.webp?v=1778350096","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/peking-temples-and-city-life-1400-1900-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}