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Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese Beggars
Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 2005. 1 volume, hard-cover with illustrated dust-jacket, in-8, xiii+269 pp., 1 map, 21 figures, 2 tables, a very good copy.
Contents: Illustrations and Tables - Preface - Introduction - On the Rivers and Lakes - Sympathy Versus Antipathy - Legend Has It - Coping with Mendicants - Ruling the Street - The Wisdom of Mendicancy - Men's Limbs and Women's Mouths - Chairman Mao Picked on a Beggar - Conclusion - Character List - Appendix: The Sound of Mendicity - Notes - Bibliography - Index
