TY - BOOK AU - Brook,Timothy TI - The confusions of pleasure: commerce and culture in Ming China SN - 0520210913 (alk. paper) AV - DS753 .B76 1998 U1 - 951/.026 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Ming-dynastie KW - gtt KW - Handel KW - Materiële cultuur KW - Culture matérielle KW - Chine KW - Histoire KW - ram KW - Commerçants KW - Commerce KW - Mingdynastie KW - swd KW - Geschichte KW - Geschichte (1368-1644) KW - Geschichte 1368-1644 KW - China KW - History KW - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 KW - Comercio KW - Historia KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Conditions économiques KW - Jusqu'à 1644 KW - Conditions sociales KW - 960-1644 KW - 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index; 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) N2 - 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) ER -