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.