Ming Society - T''ai-Ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries

"The scholarship is excellent, and the book is a culmination of a massive project of exhaustive research that has occupied Dardess for many years."—Robert Hymes, author of Ordering the World

"An important book, by an important historian. Not only did I gain a remarkable set of insights into Ming political and intellectual history from time invested in these pages, it was a genuine pleasure to read."—William T. Rowe, author of Hankow

About the author

John W. Dardess is Professor of History at the University of Kansas and author of Conquerors and Confucians: Aspects of Political Change in Late Yuan China (1973) and Confucianism and Autocracy: Professional Elites in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty (California, 1983).

Product details

• Authors: John W. Dardess, Dardess John W.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780520365674
• ISBN: 978-0-520-36567-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Political science & theory, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Political science and theory