03097oam 2200673I 450 991077756200332120230207224730.01-134-28374-11-280-24111-X1-134-28375-X0-203-31133-7978661024111810.4324/9780203311332 (CKB)1000000000458226(EBL)199506(OCoLC)437059388(SSID)ssj0000357792(PQKBManifestationID)11248105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357792(PQKBWorkID)10354290(PQKB)10791768(SSID)ssj0000121560(PQKBManifestationID)11147907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121560(PQKBWorkID)10132169(PQKB)11163616(MiAaPQ)EBC199506(Au-PeEL)EBL199506(CaPaEBR)ebr10162806(CaONFJC)MIL24111(OCoLC)252737886(EXLCZ)99100000000045822620180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Chinese state in Ming society /Timothy BrookLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2005.1 online resource (265 p.)Critical Asian scholarship"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeCurzon."--T.p. verso.0-415-34507-3 0-415-34506-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-242) and index.Part 1. Space -- The spatial organization of subcounty administration -- The gazetteer cartography of Ye Chunji -- Part 2. Fields -- Taxing polders on the Yangzi Delta -- Growing rice in North Zhili -- Part 3. Books -- Building school libraries in the mid-Ming -- State censorship and the book trade -- Part 4. Monasteries -- At the margin of public authority: the Ming state and Buddhism -- Buddhism in the Chinese constitution: recording monasteries in North Zhili.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 that led to a 'constitution', not periods of fluctuation within the dynasty itself. Brook's outstanding scholarship demonstrates that it was changes in commercial relations and social networks that weCritical Asian scholarship.ChinaPolitics and government1368-1644ChinaSocial conditions960-1644951/.026Brook Timothy1951-,979835FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910777562003321The Chinese state in Ming society3866027UNINA