Brush, Seal and Abacus : Troubled Vitality in Late Ming China's Economic Heartland, 1500-1644 /

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This book is a study of the social and cultural change in Ming China's lower Yangzi delta region from about 1500 to 1644. It takes three social groups--literati, scholar-officials, and merchants--as the framework for discussing the political, socio-economic, and cultural forces that coalesced a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zhao, Jie, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Yangtze River Delta (China) > Politics and government > 1368-1644.
Yangtze River Delta (China) > Economic conditions > To 1644.
Yangtze River Delta (China) > Social conditions > 960-1644,
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Brush and abacus : scholars and merchants seek profit and place
  • Seal and abacus : officials and their agents catch the fever
  • Tonic or toxic? Scholars contest the implications of profit
  • A roiling cauldron : imperial misrule and factionalism fan the flames
  • Seething protest : great families provoke public outbursts
  • On a sinking ship : gentry reformers respond to crises.

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