The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China

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1999
$41.44

The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. This book 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.

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The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. This book 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 348
Edition: New e.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12 Aug 1999
ISBN 10: 0520221540
ISBN 13: 9780520221543