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The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between state and society in Chinese history. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship. It argues that, contrary to previous scholarship, it was radical responses within society... Read more
Introduction: A Grave in Nanchang A Note on Sources Part 1: Surveys 1. The Spatial Organization of Subcounty Administration 2. The Gazetteer Cartography of Ye Chunji Part 2: Fields 3. Taxing Polders on the Yangzi Delta 4. Growing Rice in North Zhili Part 3: Books 5. Building School Libraries in the Mid-Ming 6. State Censorship and the Book Trade Part 4: Monasteries 7. At the Margin of Public Authority: The Ming State and Buddhism 8. Buddhism in the Chinese Constitution: Recording Monasteries in North Zhili Epilogue: States of the field
Biography
Timothy Brook is Professor in Faculty of History, University of Toronto.
