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269 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804751483
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 06 October 2005
Description
This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the boo...
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269 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780804751483
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 06 October 2005
Description
This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the boo...