Cities Of Jiangnan In Late Imperial China
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Cities Of Jiangnan In Late Imperial China
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Author : Linda Cooke Johnson
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Cities Of Jiangnan In Late Imperial China written by Linda Cooke Johnson and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This book examines cities of the Jiangnan region of south-central China between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries, an area considered to be the model of a successfully developing regional economy. The six studies focus on the urban centers of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Shanghai. Emphasizing the regional focus, the authors explore the interconnections and sequential relationships between these major cities and analyze common themes such as the development of handicraft industry, transport and commerce, class structure, ethnic diversity and internal immigration, and the social and political pressures generated by developments in manufacturing, taxes, and government politics. The book provides a valuable resource on commercial development and internal economic and social development in pre-modern China, particularly on specific regional development and the historical role of traditional Chinese cities.
Late Imperial China
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Late Imperial China written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with China categories.
The City In Late Imperial China
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Author : George William Skinner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The City In Late Imperial China written by George William Skinner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cities and towns categories.
The City In Late Imperial China
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Author : Hugh D. R. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1977
The City In Late Imperial China written by Hugh D. R. Baker and has been published by Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with China categories.
The Order Of Places
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Author : Yongtao Du
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-02-24
The Order Of Places written by Yongtao Du and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with History categories.
There were over a thousand counties and prefectures in late imperial China; each loomed large in the hearts and minds of the local natives, and had a history of its own. The Order of Places tells a story of how these places were ordered by the long-lived imperial state, and then re-ordered during the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries as geographical mobility increased. At the center of the story are the mobile merchants from south China’s Huizhou Prefecture, then the most prominent merchant group in China. The story presents the dynamics of geography in the world’s most enduring empire on the eve of its entry into modern history, as the author explores the changing relationships between people and the place they called “home”, between local place and the life-world the Chinese called “all-under-Heaven,” and between local places.
The Salt Merchants Of Tianjin
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Author : Man Bun Kwan
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Salt Merchants Of Tianjin written by Man Bun Kwan and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with History categories.
For nearly 400 years the Changlu salt merchants played a leading role in the urbanization and social change of the city of Tianjin. This work studies the social role of the salt merchants and reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic responsibilities.
China S Last Empire
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Author : William T. Rowe
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-10
China S Last Empire written by William T. Rowe and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-10 with History categories.
In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors worked diligently to secure an alliance with the conquered Ming gentry, though many of their social edicts—especially the requirement that ethnic Han men wear queues—were fiercely resisted. As advocates of a “universal” empire, Qing rulers also achieved an enormous expansion of the Chinese realm over the course of three centuries, including the conquest and incorporation of Turkic and Tibetan peoples in the west, vast migration into the southwest, and the colonization of Taiwan. Despite this geographic range and the accompanying social and economic complexity, the Qing ideal of “small government” worked well when outside threats were minimal. But the nineteenth-century Opium Wars forced China to become a player in a predatory international contest involving Western powers, while the devastating uprisings of the Taiping and Boxer rebellions signaled an urgent need for internal reform. Comprehensive state-mandated changes during the early twentieth century were not enough to hold back the nationalist tide of 1911, but they provided a new foundation for the Republican and Communist states that would follow. This original, thought-provoking history of China’s last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.
Speaking Of Yangzhou
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Author : Antonia Finnane
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-03-17
Speaking Of Yangzhou written by Antonia Finnane and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with History categories.
The early-twentieth-century essayist Zhu Ziqing once wrote that he had only to mention the name of his hometown of Yangzhou to someone in Beijing and the person would respond, "A fine place! A fine place!" Yangzhou was indeed one of the great cities of late imperial China, and its name carries rich historical and cultural resonances. Even today Yangzhou continues to evoke images of artists, men of letters, great merchant families, scenic waterways, an urban environment of considerable grace and charm, and a history imbued with color and romance. This book is in some ways a biography of a city that acquired a personality, even a gender, and became an actor in its own history. Yangzhou invites attention because its place in China's cultural iconography tells us not only of one city's vicissitudes and fortunes but also of changes in the geography of the Chinese imagination. The author examines the city's place in the history of the late imperial era and of the meanings that accrued to Yangzhou over time. She argues that the actual construction of the city--its academies of learning, its philanthropic institutions, its gardens, its teahouses, and its brothels--underpinned the construction of a certain idea of Yangzhou.
Controlling The Dragon
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Author : Randall A. Dodgen
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2001
Controlling The Dragon written by Randall A. Dodgen and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The Yellow River has long been viewed as a symbol of China's cultural and political development, its management traditionally held as a gauge of dynastic power. This work examines long-term efforts to manage the river, and the nature of the bureaucracy created to do the job.
Printing And Book Culture In Late Imperial China
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Author : Cynthia J. Brokaw
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Release Date : 2005-03-07
Printing And Book Culture In Late Imperial China written by Cynthia J. Brokaw and has been published by Taylor & Francis US this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-07 with Art categories.
"A very useful book on a topic of growing importance and interest. Brokaw's introduction is one of the most valuable and best-written prefaces to an edited volume that I have encountered in some time."—Kent Guy, author of The Emperor's Four Treasures