Confusions of Pleasure Commerce and Culture in Ming China

Name: Confusions of Pleasure Commerce and Culture in Ming China
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ISBN: 9780520221543

ISBN-10: 0520221540

ISBN-13: 9780520221543

Edition: 1998

Authors: Timothy Brook

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The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently 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. The Confusions of Pleasuremarks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 345
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188

Timothy Brook is Professor of History and Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia.



List of Illustrations


Preface


A Ming Chronology


A Genealogy of Ming Emperors


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: Seasons of the Ming (1609)


Dramatis Personae


Winter: The First Century (1368-1450)


A Brick in the Wall


The Burden of Communication


Ideas into Texts


Economy and Exchange


The Distance between Rich and Poor


Spring: The Middle Century (1450-1550)


The Center Recedes


State and Market


Commerce


Commerce and Culture


The Zhengde Decay


Summer: The Last Century (1550-1644)


The God of Copper Cash


Travels and Letters


Consumption and Production


Trade


Fashion


Fall: The Lord of Silver (1642-1644)


The Fall of the Ming


Last Glimpses


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary and Index