Forthcoming in Late Imperial China

Editor:
    William T. Rowe, Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Editors:
    Jill A. Friedman, Johns Hopkins University
    Eva González, Johns Hopkins University
    Liman Lievens, Johns Hopkins University

Late Imperial China (ISSN: 0884-3236), known until January 1985 as Ch'ing shih wen-t'i, is published twice a year in June and December by The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Society for Qing Studies. Copyright © 2003 by The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Society for Qing Studies.

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