Volumes Seven and Eight of The Cambridge History of China are devoted to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), providing the largest and most detailed account in any language. Summarizing all modern research, Volume Eight offers detailed studies of governmental structure, the fiscal and legal systems, international relations, social and economic history, transportation networks, and the history of ideas and religion. Although written by specialists, these volumes intend to explain and describe the Ming period to general readers without a specialized knowledge of Chinese history, as well as scholars and students.
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"This volume is a long-awaited complement to volume 7 (1988), an extremely valuable survey of the political history of Ming China. A significant resource for both undergraduate and graduate students." Choice
"This book is addressed specifically to historians of China, yet that should not deter the general reader, who will find here the standard reference work on Ming China." Jonathan Porter, History
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"This book is addressed specifically to historians of China, yet that should not deter the general reader, who will find here the standard reference work on Ming China." Jonathan Porter, History
"...this book is a remarkable achievement of twentieth-century Western Sinology." Canadian Journal of History
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Volumes Seven & Eight of The Cambridge History of China are devoted to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), providing the largest and most detailed account in any language. Summarizing all modern research, Volume Eight offers detailed studies of governmental structure, the fiscal and legal systems, international relations, social and economic history, transportation networks, and the history of ideas and religion. Although written by specialists, these volumes intend to explain and describe the Ming period to general readers without a specialized knowledge of Chinese history, as well as scholars and students.
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The Ming dynasty is generally known as a period of stable, effective government during which some important new institutions developed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
saltern households, ming chih shu, photographic rpt, private sea trade, chief military commissions, kyoson shihai, regional tax quotas, labor service levy, multiple landownership, southern metropolitan region, salt vouchers, provincial surveillance commissions, censorial officials, tax consignments, regional military commissions, civil service recruitment examinations, tax captains, education intendants, provincial administration commissions, outer evaluation, bullion mining, fish duty, supervising secretaries, provincial degree holders, single whip reform Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Huang Tsung-hsi, Wang Yang-ming, Chu Hsi, Ming China, Wang Chi, Grand Canal, New York, Matteo Ricci, Lord of Heaven, Learning of the Way, Ministry of Revenue, Jung Chao-tsu, Ministry of Rites, Wang Ken, Tung-lin Academy, Ray Huang, Hanlin Academy, Liang Chia-mien, Huang Pien, Ministry of War, Hai Jui, Cheng Ho, Hou Wai-lu, Central Asia, Inner Asia New!
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saltern households, ming chih shu, photographic rpt, private sea trade, chief military commissions, kyoson shihai, regional tax quotas, labor service levy, multiple landownership, southern metropolitan region, salt vouchers, provincial surveillance commissions, censorial officials, tax consignments, regional military commissions, civil service recruitment examinations, tax captains, education intendants, provincial administration commissions, outer evaluation, bullion mining, fish duty, supervising secretaries, provincial degree holders, single whip reform Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Huang Tsung-hsi, Wang Yang-ming, Chu Hsi, Ming China, Wang Chi, Grand Canal, New York, Matteo Ricci, Lord of Heaven, Learning of the Way, Ministry of Revenue, Jung Chao-tsu, Ministry of Rites, Wang Ken, Tung-lin Academy, Ray Huang, Hanlin Academy, Liang Chia-mien, Huang Pien, Ministry of War, Hai Jui, Cheng Ho, Hou Wai-lu, Central Asia, Inner Asia New!
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