IEB0000143390

0674697758

[ Holdings: WC · NII ]

Personal name: Brook, Timothy,

Dates associated with a name: 1951-

Title: Praying for power :

Remainder of title: Buddhism and the formation of gentry society in late-Ming China /

Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: Timothy Brook

[ Holdings: WC · NII ]

Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University and Harvard-Yenching Institute :

Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Distributed by Harvard University Press,

Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 1993

Extent: xvii, 403 p. :

Other physical details: ill. ;

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Title: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;

Volume number/sequential designation: 38

Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-392) and index

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Buddhism

General subdivision: Social aspects

Geographic subdivision: China

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Gentry

Geographic subdivision: China