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The Ming Dynasty, 1398–1644, Part 2

Series The Cambridge History of China, Volume 8, Part 2

Edited by Denis Twitchett and Frederick W. Mote

Publication Date 1998

Hardback ISBN-10 0521243335

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521243339

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521243339

Overview

Volumes seven and eight of The Cambridge History of China are devoted to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the only segment of later imperial history during which all of China proper was ruled by a native, or Han, dynasty. These volumes provide the largest and most detailed account of the Ming period in any language. Summarising all modern research, volume eight offers detailed studies of governmental structure, the fiscal and legal systems, international relations, social and economic history, transportation networks, and the history of ideas and religion, incorporating original research on subjects never before described in detail. Although it is written by specialists, this Cambridge History intends to explain and describe the Ming dynasty to general readers who do not have a specialised knowledge of Chinese history, as well as scholars and students. This volume can be utilised as a reference work, or read continuously.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Ming Dynasty, 1398–1644, Part 2 in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of China Vol. 8, part 2: The Ming Dynasty, 1398–1644, Part 2

Frontmatter

Introduction by Denis Twitchett and Frederick W. Mote

Ming government by Charles O. Hucker

The Ming fiscal administration by Ray Huang

Ming law by John D. Langlois, Jr.

The Ming and Inner Asia by Morris Rossabi

Sino-Korean tributary relations under the Ming by Donald N. Clark

Ming foreign relations: Southeast Asia by Wang Gungwu

Relations with maritime Europeans, 1514–1662 by John E. Wills, Jr.

Ming China and the emerging world economy, c. 1470–1650 by William Atwell

The socio-economic development of rural China during the Ming by Martin Heijdra

Communications and commerce by Timothy Brook

Confucian learning in late Ming thought by Willard J. Peterson

Learning from Heaven: the introduction of Christianity and other Western ideas into late Ming China by Willard J. Peterson

Official religion in the Ming by Romeyn Taylor

Ming Buddhism by Yü Chün-fang

Taoism in Ming culture by Judith A. Berling

Bibliographic notes

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