The Confusions of Pleasure by Timothy Brook
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. This book narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status.
Timothy Brook is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China (1993), and Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement (1992), and the coeditor of Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities (1999) and China and Historical Capitalism: Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge (1999).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520221543 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520221540 |
| Title | The Confusions of Pleasure |
| Author | Timothy Brook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1999-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 345 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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