1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458915103321

Autore

Dean Kenneth

Titolo

Historical introduction to the return of the gods [[electronic resource] /] / by Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94968-3

9786612949685

90-474-2946-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Collana

Handbook of Oriental studies Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4, China, , 0169-9520 ; ; v. 23/1

Ritual alliances of the Putian Plain ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhengZhenman

Disciplina

299.5/1130951245

299.51130951

Soggetti

Gods, Chinese

Village communities - China - History

Electronic books.

China Genealogy Religious aspects

China Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The gods return / by Kenneth Dean -- pt. 2. Lineage and religion on the Putian Plains : an analysis based on stone inscriptions / by Zheng Zhenman ; translated by Kenneth Dean.

Sommario/riassunto

Making ingenious use of a wide variety of sources, and old as well as modern technical resources, Kenneth Dean and Zheng Zhenman here set a new standard for an histoire totale for a coherently well-defined cultural region in China. At the same time it deals in-depth with the ongoing negotiation of modernity in Chinese village rituals. Over the past thirty years, local popular religion has been revived and re-invented in the villages of the irrigated alluvial plain of Putian, Fujian, China. Volume 1 provides a historical introduction to the formation of 153 regional ritual alliances made up of 724 villages. Early popular cults, Ming lineages, Qing multi-village alliances, late Qing spirit-medium associations, 20th century state attacks on local religion, and



the role of Overseas Chinese and local communities in rebuilding the temple networks are discussed. Volume 2 surveys the current population, lineages, temples, gods, and annual rituals of these villages. Maps of each ritual alliance, the distribution of major cults and lineages, are included. Find information about a film related to the book here.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818890003321

Autore

Petitte Ron D.

Titolo

Civilization at risk : seeds of strife / / Ron D. Petitte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6341-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

364.137

Soggetti

Human trafficking

Human trafficking victims

Human trafficking - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; A PREFACE TO CIVILIZATION AT RISK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART TWO; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY TWO; PART III; CHAPTER TWENTY THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY SIX; CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY NINE CHAPTER THIRTY; CHAPTER THIRTY ONE; CHAPTER THIRTY TWO; CHAPTER THIRTY THREE; A NOTE ABOUT THE



REFERENCE LIST; REFERENCE LIST; ADDENDUM ONE; ADDENDUM TWO; ADDENDUM THREE; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

While distinguished academies of higher learning, governments, politicians, and the media struggle to find solutions to the imminent dangers posed to the Middle East and the world at large, a devastating human rights war has unfolded, with precious few warriors to combat it, let alone stem the brutal injustice that is of holocaust dimensions. If there is any scourge that puts Civilization at Risk, it is the malignant disregard for the human rights of millions of people, who suffer slavery an...