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Kuhn, Philip A.

Soulstealers : the Chinese sorcery scare of 1768 / Philip A. Kuhn. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990. - xi, 299 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-278) and index.

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.

ISBN: 0674821513 (alk. paper) 9780674821514 (alk. paper) 0674821521 (pbk.) 9780674821521 (pbk.)

LCCN: 90032807

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1768
Geschichte 1736-1795

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bureaucracy--History--China--18th century.
Witchcraft--History--China--18th century.
Heksenprocessen.
Hekserij.
Massahysterie.
Bureaucratie--Chine--18e siècle.
Sorcellerie--Chine--18e siècle.
Hexenglaube.
Bürokratie.
Hexerei.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Politics and government--18th century.
China--History--Qianlong, 1736-1795.
Chine--1736-1795 (Qianlong)
China.

Subjects--Index Terms: Politics History, 1644-1912 China Magic (Occultism) History China

LC Class. No.: JQ1508 / .K84 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 951/.032