Soulstealers

The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

Philip A. Kuhn

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674821521

Publication Date: 01/01/1992

Short

320 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps

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Philip A. Kuhn was Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

Awards & Accolades

1992 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-Twentieth Century Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies

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