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16%OFFDavid M. Robinson (Ed.) - Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368–1644) - 9780674028234 - V9780674028234
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Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368–1644)

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Description for Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368–1644) Hardback. A collection of essays which reveal the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Editor(s): Robinson, David M. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 475 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.

This collection of essays reveals the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Rather than observing an immutable set of traditions, court culture underwent frequent reinterpretation and rearticulation, processes driven by immediate personal imperatives, mediated through social, political, and cultural interaction.

The essays address several common themes. First, they rethink previous notions of imperial isolation, instead stressing the court’s myriad ties both to local Beijing society and to the empire as a whole. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
475
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674028234
SKU
V9780674028234
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About David M. Robinson (Ed.)
David M. Robinson is Robert H. N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and History at Colgate University.

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