LEADER 03101oam 2200673I 450 001 9910451628803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-24111-X 010 $a1-134-28375-X 010 $a0-203-31133-7 010 $a9786610241118 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203311332 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458226 035 $a(EBL)199506 035 $a(OCoLC)437059388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354290 035 $a(PQKB)10791768 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121560 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121560 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132169 035 $a(PQKB)11163616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162806 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL24111 035 $a(OCoLC)252737886 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458226 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Chinese state in Ming society /$fTimothy Brook 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aCritical Asian scholarship 300 $a"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeCurzon."--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-34507-3 311 $a0-415-34506-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-242) and index. 327 $aPart 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. 330 $aThe Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between state and society in Chinese history. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship. It argues that, contrary to previous scholarship, it was radical responses within society that led to a 'constitution', not periods of fluctuation within the dynasty itself. Brook's outstanding scholarship demonstrates that it was changes in commercial relations and social networks that we 410 0$aCritical Asian scholarship. 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1368-1644 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y960-1644 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a951/.026 700 $aBrook$b Timothy$f1951-,$0979835 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451628803321 996 $aThe Chinese state in Ming society$92234623 997 $aUNINA