Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated, although scholars agree that it triggered neither Weberian urban autonomy nor Habermasian civil society. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of “dynastic urbanisms.” Historians should, the author contends, view urbanization not as an automatic by-product of commercial forces but as a process shaped by institutional frameworks and cultural trends in each dynasty.
This characteristic is particularly evident in the Ming. As the empire grew increasingly urbanized, the gap between the early Ming valorization of the rural and late Ming reality infringed upon the livelihood and identity of urban residents. This contradiction went almost unremarked in court forums and discussions among elites, leaving its resolution to local initiatives and negotiations. Using Nanjing—a metropolis along the Yangzi River and onetime capital of the Ming—as a central case, the author demonstrates that, prompted by this unique form of urban-rural contradiction, the actions and creations of urban residents transformed the city on multiple levels: as an urban community, as a metropolitan region, as an imagined space, and, finally, as a discursive subject.
Si-yen Fei is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
费丝言的这本书是近几年最好的关于晚期中华帝国城市史研究作品之一 。本书的导论:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,对以往中国城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”问题的探讨提出了自己的质疑。费认为以往的研究使得宋元时期的城市与明清时期的城市只有规模上的...
评分费丝言的这本书是近几年最好的关于晚期中华帝国城市史研究作品之一 。本书的导论:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,对以往中国城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”问题的探讨提出了自己的质疑。费认为以往的研究使得宋元时期的城市与明清时期的城市只有规模上的...
评分The introduction part of this book summarizes and critiques existing studies of Chinese cities. It in turn reviews several key issues regarding Chinese urbanization: 1. Urbanization and commercialization. The author rightly notes that “the triumph of marke...
评分费丝言的这本书是近几年最好的关于晚期中华帝国城市史研究作品之一 。本书的导论:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,对以往中国城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”问题的探讨提出了自己的质疑。费认为以往的研究使得宋元时期的城市与明清时期的城市只有规模上的...
评分费丝言的这本书是近几年最好的关于晚期中华帝国城市史研究作品之一 。本书的导论:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,对以往中国城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”问题的探讨提出了自己的质疑。费认为以往的研究使得宋元时期的城市与明清时期的城市只有规模上的...
这个选题是极好的,方法和撰写策略都很好,但是概念和材料上有很多问题,但仍值得一读。
评分待写。
评分Richard von Glahn书评
评分翻了一下,仔细看了最前和最后两章,内容和想象中的不太一样,但书本身是特别清楚有洞见的
评分主要关注space而不是place的书。Intro有详细地关于Skinner, Weber, Mote, Faure等人对于“城乡”的学术史梳理。费思言不把“城市”当成经济发展的结果,或者找寻所谓的“城市身份认同”,而是认为“城市”在明代的话语中也一直在被不同的群体所讨论,因而是被塑造的space。
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