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.
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 durée 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 way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.
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).
中国“传统的”历史叙述认为,明中叶的中国经历了一次“商业革命”。在新中国建立以后,明清“资本主义萌芽”问题为学界高度重视,和其他四个问题并称为历史研究的“五朵金花”,并最终被定为官方论断。尽管“资本主义萌芽”已经被认为是一个不符合历史真相的伪命题,然而我们...
評分中国“传统的”历史叙述认为,明中叶的中国经历了一次“商业革命”。在新中国建立以后,明清“资本主义萌芽”问题为学界高度重视,和其他四个问题并称为历史研究的“五朵金花”,并最终被定为官方论断。尽管“资本主义萌芽”已经被认为是一个不符合历史真相的伪命题,然而我们...
評分 評分 評分挺好的一本本科課本。現如今把故事講的好的史傢其實不多
评分問世間情為何物。馬剋思主義者的學術巔峰就是Tim brooke瞭
评分讀來大爽,簡直茅塞頓開。從Nostalgic scholar到excluded merchant到benefited gentry,不同的視野構成一幅較為完整的明朝經濟圖像。隻是徽商一會兒因為這個被鄙視,一會兒因為那個被鄙視。。。真是殘念。。。
评分Private printing not for commercial purpose & Japan's silver & local gentry
评分讀來大爽,簡直茅塞頓開。從Nostalgic scholar到excluded merchant到benefited gentry,不同的視野構成一幅較為完整的明朝經濟圖像。隻是徽商一會兒因為這個被鄙視,一會兒因為那個被鄙視。。。真是殘念。。。
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