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The confusions of pleasure: commerce and culture in Ming China
Timothy Brook
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Preface (page xv)
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A Ming Chronology (page xix)
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A Genealogy of Ming Emperors (page xxiii)
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List of Abbreviations (page xxv)
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Introduction: Seasons of the Ming (1609) (page 1)
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Dramatis Personae (page 15)
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Winter: The First Century (1368-1450) (page 17)
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A Brick in the Wall (page 19)
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The Burden of Communication (page 30)
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Ideas into Texts (page 56)
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Economy and Exchange (page 65)
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The Distance between Rich and Poor (page 79)
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Spring: The Middle Century (1450-1550) (page 86)
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The Center Recedes (page 87)
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State and Market (page 101)
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Commerce (page 112)
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Commerce and Culture (page 124)
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The Zhengde Decay (page 139)
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Summer: The Last Century (1550-1644) (page 153)
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The God of Copper Cash (page 154)
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Travels and Letters (page 173)
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Consumption and Production (page 190)
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Trade (page 204)
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Fashion (page 218)
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Fall: The Lord of Silver (1642-1644) (page 238)
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The Fall of the Ming (page 240)
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Last Glimpses (page 253)
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Notes (page 263)
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Bibliography (page 295)
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Glossary and Index (page 313)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JIH | 30.3 (Winter. 1999): 562-563 | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/15852 |
CRI | 6.1 (Spring. 1999): 54-56 | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/396890 |
CQ | 156 (Dec. 1998): 1065-1066 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/656151 |
PA | 72.2 (Summer. 1999): 267-268 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2672136 |
BSOAS | 63.2 (2000): 311-312 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1559566 |
SCJ | 33.2 (Summer. 2002): 587-588 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4143992 |
JEH | 59.4 (Dec. 1999): 1106-1107 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2566705 |
RPol | 61.3 (Summer. 1999): 568-569 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1408482 |
JESHO | 43.2 (2000): 213-215 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3632500 |
JAS | 58.2 (May. 1999): 479-481 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2659423 |
TP | 88. 1/3 (2002): 151-169 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4528894 |
AHR | 104.3 (Jun. 1999): 876-877 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2651002 |
Citable Link
Published: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
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