Main entry:

Naquin, Susan.

Title & Author:

Peking : temples and city life, 1400-1900 / Susan Naquin.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.

Description:

xxxiv, 816 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Philip E. Lilienthal imprint."
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. ii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-782) and index.
Peking and its temples. Introducing Peking ; Gods and clerics ; Communities and public space -- Ming Peking. A new capital ; Imperial Peking ; Urban communities ; Late Ming associations ; Seeing the sights -- Qing Peking. 1644: partition and transition ; The imperial world ; New divisions ; Reintegration ; The sights of Qing Peking ; Religious associations ; Temples and private purposes ; Temples and public purposes ; In search of Old Peking.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"This 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 expressed 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."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0520219910 (alk. paper)
9780520219915 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Jian cha ri bao Peking Lian zheng zhou kan
Temples China Beijing.
Temples Chine Pékin.
15.75 history of Asia.
Qing Dynasty (China)
Temples.
Mingdynastie
Qingdynastie
Stadtleben
Tempels.
Temples Chine Histoire.
Dieux chinois Culte Histoire.
Associations Chine Histoire.
Sanctuaires Chine Histoire.
Villes Chine Histoire.
Vie urbaine Chine Histoire.
Beijing (China) History.
China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Pékin (Chine) Histoire.
Chine Histoire 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
Chine Histoire 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
China.
China Beijing.
Verbotene Stadt
Peking
Pékin (Chine) Histoire religieuse.
Pékin (Chine) Religion.
Chine Histoire religieuse.
Chine 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
Chine 1644-1912 (Dynastie mandchoue)
Peking Verbotene Stadt.
Beijing (China) Social life and customs.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Philip E. Lilienthal book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220966
Call No.: DS795.3 .N3 2000
Status: Available