Timothy Brook

The Chinese State in Ming Society

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Produktbeschreibung

The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between state and society in Chinese history. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship. It argues that, contrary to previous scholarship, it was radical responses within society that led to a 'constitution', not periods of fluctuation within the dynasty itself. Brook's outstanding scholarship demonstrates that it was changes in commercial relations and social networks that were actually responsible for the development of a stable society. This imaginative reconsidering of existing scholarship on the history of China will be fascinating reading for scholars and students interested in China's development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415345064
• ISBN-10: 0415345065
• Artikelnr.: 22212453

Autorenporträt

Timothy Brook is Professor in Faculty of History, University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Grave in Nanchang A Note on Sources Part 1: Surveys 1. The
Spatial Organization of Subcounty Administration 2. The Gazetteer
Cartography of Ye Chunji Part 2: Fields 3. Taxing Polders on the Yangzi
Delta 4. Growing Rice in North Zhili Part 3: Books 5. Building School
Libraries in the Mid-Ming 6. State Censorship and the Book Trade Part 4:
Monasteries 7. At the Margin of Public Authority: The Ming State and
Buddhism 8. Buddhism in the Chinese Constitution: Recording Monasteries in
North Zhili Epilogue: States of the field