Ann Arbor:: The University of Michigan Press,, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Good in Very Good dust jacket. Good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and minor rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to heel of spine. Slight roll to spine, and a few pages have a very slight crease at their lower corners. Light pencil notation on less than 20 pages. Dj has light wear along edges and light scuffing to covers. 358 pages with appendix, endnotes, glossary, bibliography, and index. A look at the changes happening in the east Shantung region of China during the late Ming and Early Ch'ing dynasties through the life and writings of P'u Sung-ling.