Si-yen Fei is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
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...
序言好棒好棒,前兩章好棒,後麵一般棒。核心討論點落在早期近代的城市屬性上,正麵進招,勇氣可嘉,效果也不錯。另外第一章的內容對於瞭解一條鞭法的推行也頗有價值。
评分urbanization and agency.
评分Intro非常驚艷,但第二章開始齣現一些minor problem。總體上看瑕不掩瑜,迴應多方學術傳統並嘗試開闢新戰場。
评分費絲言的這本書是近幾年最好的關於晚期中華帝國城市史研究作品之一 。本書的導論:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,對以往中國城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”問題的探討提齣瞭自己的質疑。費認為以往的研究使得宋元時期的城市與明清時期的城市隻有規模上的差異,而無本質上的差彆。不同曆史時期的城市都成為瞭一種不證自明的同質範疇。因此,需要將“城市”和“城市化”置於不同時期的帝國結構中考察。因此,對以小農社會為建國方案的明帝國,在曆經瞭晚明時期的經濟結構和社會思想結構變遷的衝擊後,其帝國結構發生瞭怎樣的變化,而這些變化轉而又是怎樣重新界定“城市”和“城市化”的呢?費絲言從政治、文化和社會層麵的轉變角度齣發,給齣瞭自己的答案。
评分序言好棒好棒,前兩章好棒,後麵一般棒。核心討論點落在早期近代的城市屬性上,正麵進招,勇氣可嘉,效果也不錯。另外第一章的內容對於瞭解一條鞭法的推行也頗有價值。
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