Böcker av Sarah Schneewind

In the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, Sarah Schneewind places the institution at the intersection of politics and religion. This legitimate, institutionalized political voice for commoners expands a scholarly understanding of "public opinion" in late imperial China, and illuminates Ming thought and politics.

Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state.