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"This book is about a kind of elementary school in pre-modern China that was, according to imperial edict, supposed to be established in every village in the empire for any boy to attend. The book looks at how the schools worked, how they changed over time, and who promoted them…
"The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue duree in terms of the h…
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the centre of the world. The author examines the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of Ming (1368-1644).
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In t…
March to power in a Chinggisid world -- Search for control -- Mongol nobles at the Ming court -- Struggle for the Chinggisid mantle -- Allies and commensurability. "This book analyzes the exercise of imperial rulership during the first six decades of the fifteenth century, when…
"Martin Huang argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of desire and that the rise of vernacular fiction during the late Ming has to be studied in the context of the contemporary debate on desir…
"Martin Huang argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of desire and that the rise of vernacular fiction during the late Ming has to be studied in the context of the contemporary debate on desir…
"This book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes "superfluous things" - the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China - and descr…
