Dry Spells: State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China

ISBN-13: 9780674033344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str.

Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke

Opis

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.