Confusions of Pleasure - Commerce and Culture in Ming China

"This is joyful and comprehensive scholarship, full of motion and detail. Timothy Brook encases the fascinating and changeable world of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in a clear conceptual and chronological framework which any non-specialist can follow. Here are a wealth of Ming people and their problems, along with the very stuff of their world: bricks and bridges; markets, monasteries, and mail; famines and fashion; printing, passion, and portents. This is the first book we have in English that shows the whole shape of Ming life in all its ebullient complexity."—Jonathan Spence

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Timothy Brook is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China (1993), and Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement (1992), and the coeditor of Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities (1999) and China and Historical Capitalism: Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge (1999).

Zusammenfassung

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. This book narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Timothy Brook
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9780520221543
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22154-3
• Seiten: 345
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Asia / China, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, CE period up to c 1500, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700