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Roger V. Des Forges - Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming - 9780804740449 - V9780804740449
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Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

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Description for Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.

The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments.

The study focuses on two and a half million people in three prefectures of northeast Henan, the central province in the heart ... Read more

Many diverse individuals in northeast Henan invoked historical models to deal with the present and shape the future. Though they differed in the lessons they drew, they shared the view that the Han dynasty was particularly relevant to their own time. Han and Ming politics were integral parts of a pattern of Chinese historical development that has lasted to the present.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804740449
SKU
V9780804740449
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Roger V. Des Forges
Roger V. Des Forges is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Reviews for Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming
"...a rich, complicated, and valuable book."
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies "...This extraordinary account... makes Des Forges' ideas worthy of serious consideration."
Histoire Sociale

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