ISBN:
9780520323032
,
0520323033
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (328 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dardess, John W A Ming Society
DDC:
306.09512220903
Keywords:
Taihe Xian (Jiangxi Sheng, China) Social conditions
;
China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
;
Chine - Histoire - 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
Abstract:
John Dardess has selected a region of great political and intellectual importance, but one which local history has left almost untouched, for this detailed social history of T'ai-ho county during the Ming dynasty. Rather than making a sweeping, general survey of the region, he follows the careers of a large number of native sons and their relationship to Ming imperial politics. Using previously unexplored primary sources, Dardess details the rise and developme
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. The Setting -- 1. The Land: Its Settlement, Use, and Appreciation -- PART TWO. The Pressures of Change -- 2. Managing the Local Wealth -- 3. The Demography of Family and Class -- 4. Patrilineal Groups and Their Transformation -- 5. Pathways to Ming Government -- PART THREE. T'ai-Ho Literati in the Wider World of Ming China -- 6. Colleagues and Protégés: The Fifteenth-Century World of the T'ai-ho Grand Secretaries -- 7. Cutting Loose: The Provocative Style of Yin Chih (1427-1511)
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Philosophical Furors -- Conclusion and Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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