The Confusions of Pleasure Commerce and Culture in Ming China【電子書籍】[ Timothy Brook ]

＜p＞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 this book, Timothy Brook eloquently 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.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Confusions of Pleasure＜/em＞ 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 ＜em＞longue dur?e＜/em＞ in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る