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...
評分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...
評分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...
評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...
評分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...
翻瞭一下,仔細看瞭最前和最後兩章,內容和想象中的不太一樣,但書本身是特彆清楚有洞見的
评分urbanization and agency.
评分翻瞭一下,仔細看瞭最前和最後兩章,內容和想象中的不太一樣,但書本身是特彆清楚有洞見的
评分三四兩章確實弱瞭一些,現在聽瞭太多negotiation以後,覺得這個詞有點取巧。
评分Richard von Glahn書評
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