Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900 by Susan Naquin

Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900

Susan Naquin

850 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

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The 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 transformat...

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