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The confusions of pleasure : commerce and culture in Ming China / Timothy Brook.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.Description: xxv, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0520210913 (alk. paper)
- 9780520210912 (alk. paper)
- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- China -- Commerce -- History
- China -- Comercio -- Historia
- Ming-dynastie
- Handel
- Materiële cultuur
- Culture matérielle -- Chine -- Histoire
- Commerçants -- Chine -- Histoire
- Commerce -- Chine -- Histoire
- Chine -- Vie intellectuelle
- Chine -- Conditions économiques -- Jusqu'à 1644
- Chine -- Conditions sociales -- 960-1644
- Chine -- 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
- Mingdynastie
- Geschichte
- Geschichte (1368-1644)
- Handel
- Geschichte 1368-1644
- China
- 951/.026 21
- DS753 .B76 1998
Contents:
Summary: The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the centre of the world. The author examines the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of Ming (1368-1644).
Introduction : seasons of the Ming (1609) -- Dramtis personae -- Winter : the first century (1368-1450) -- Spring : the middle century (1450-1550) -- Summer : the last century (1550-1644) -- Fall : the lord of silver (1642-1644).
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The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks | DS753 .B76 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | Library copy is autographed by author. | TBC00003055 |
Library copy is autographed by author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the centre of the world. The author examines the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of Ming (1368-1644).
Introduction : seasons of the Ming (1609) -- Dramtis personae -- Winter : the first century (1368-1450) -- Spring : the middle century (1450-1550) -- Summer : the last century (1550-1644) -- Fall : the lord of silver (1642-1644).
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