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China s Second Capital Nanjing under the Ming 1368 1644
Author | : Jun Fang |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2014-05-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781135008451 |
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This book is a study of the dual capital system of Ming dynasty China (1368-1644), with a focus on the administrative functions of the auxiliary Southern Capital, Nanjing. It argues that the immense geographical expanse of the Chinese empire and the poor communication infrastructure of pre-modern times necessitated the establishment of an additional capital administration for effective control of the Ming realm. The existence of the Southern Capital, which has been dismissed by scholars as redundant and insignificant, was, the author argues, justified by its ability to assist the primary Northern Capital better control the southern part of the imperial land. The practice of maintaining auxiliary capitals, where the bureaucratic structures of the primary capital were replicated in varying degrees, was a unique and valuable approach to effecting bureaucratic control over vast territory in pre-modern conditions. Nanjing translates into English as "Southern Capital" and Beijing as "Northern Capital".
Ming China 1368 1644
Author | : John W. Dardess |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781442204904 |
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This engaging, deeply informed book provides the first concise history of one of China's most important eras. Leading scholar John W. Dardess offers a thematically organized political, social, and economic exploration of China from 1368 to 1644. He examines how the Ming dynasty was able to endure for 276 years, illuminating Ming foreign relations and border control, the lives and careers of its sixteen emperors, its system of governance and the kinds of people who served it, its great class of literati, and finally the mass outlawry that, in unhappy conjunction with the Manchu invasions from outside, ended the once-mighty dynasty in the mid-seventeenth century. The Ming witnessed the beginning of China's contact with the West, and its story will fascinate all readers interested in global as well as Asian history.
China s Second Capital Nanjing under the Ming 1368 1644
Author | : Jun Fang |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-05-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781135008444 |
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This book is a study of the dual capital system of Ming dynasty China (1368-1644), with a focus on the administrative functions of the auxiliary Southern Capital, Nanjing. It argues that the immense geographical expanse of the Chinese empire and the poor communication infrastructure of pre-modern times necessitated the establishment of an additional capital administration for effective control of the Ming realm. The existence of the Southern Capital, which has been dismissed by scholars as redundant and insignificant, was, the author argues, justified by its ability to assist the primary Northern Capital better control the southern part of the imperial land. The practice of maintaining auxiliary capitals, where the bureaucratic structures of the primary capital were replicated in varying degrees, was a unique and valuable approach to effecting bureaucratic control over vast territory in pre-modern conditions. Nanjing translates into English as "Southern Capital" and Beijing as "Northern Capital".
The Urban Life of the Ming Dynasty
Author | : Baoliang Chen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844643565 |
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This book examines the history of life in the big cities of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), including Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Kaifeng. The coverage includes information on: the clothing of urban officials and residents * their diet * utensils * ceremonies * festivals * the words and deeds of the residents * commercial activities * the contrasts between life within the royal houses and life within an ordinary house in the city. This period of Chinese urban history is unique because, although it developed from traditions of the Han and Tang dynasties, it also heralded a strong break with tradition. As the world started to modernize, so did China, and this fascinating book shows how and where this first occurred. (Series: Insight on Ancient China) [Subject: History, Chinese Studies, Asian Studies, Urban Studies, Cultural Studies]
Peking Under the Ming 1368 1644
Author | : James Geiss |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Beijing (China) |
ISBN | : IND:30000082169719 |
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Dictionary of Ming Biography 1368 1644
Author | : Association for Asian Studies. Ming Biographical History Project Committee,Luther Carrington Goodrich |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 023103833X |
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Based largely upon original Ming documents, the Dictionary explores the lives of nearly 650 representative figures, both Chinese and foreign, who influenced the course of almost three hundred years of Chinese history. The articles span all classes, professions, and fields of endeavor, from emperors to artists, soldiers to missionaries, concubines, physicians, and pirates.
The Traditional Chinese State in Ming Times 1368 1644
Author | : Charles O. Hucker |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : UCAL:B4600289 |
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The Cambridge History of China Volume 10 Late Ch ing 1800 1911
Author | : John K. Fairbank |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1978-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521214475 |
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This is the first of two volumes in this major Cambridge history dealing with the decline of the Ch'ing empire. It opens with a survey of the Ch'ing empire in China and Inner Asia at its height, in about 1800. Contributors study the complex interplay of foreign invasion, domestic rebellion and Ch'ing decline and restoration. Special reference is made to the Peking administration, the Canton trade and the early treaty system, the Taiping, Nien and other rebellions, and the dynasty's survival in uneasy cooperation with the British, Russian, French, American and other invaders. Each chapter is written by a specialist from the international community of sinological scholars. No knowledge of Chinese is necessary; for readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the text, and there are a bibliographical essays describing the source materials on which each author's account is based.