The Chinese State in Ming Society by Timothy Brook
Highlights the complexity of the Chinese state
There are extremely few books available regarding the nature of the Chinese State during this period
Highlights the complexity of the Chinese state
There are extremely few books available regarding the nature of the Chinese State during this period
Timothy Brook is Professor in Faculty of History, University of Toronto.
Introduction: A Grave in Nanchang A Note on Sources Part 1: Surveys 1. The Spatial Organization of Subcounty Administration 2. The Gazetteer Cartography of Ye Chunji Part 2: Fields 3. Taxing Polders on the Yangzi Delta 4. Growing Rice in North Zhili Part 3: Books 5. Building School Libraries in the Mid-Ming 6. State Censorship and the Book Trade Part 4: Monasteries 7. At the Margin of Public Authority: The Ming State and Buddhism 8. Buddhism in the Chinese Constitution: Recording Monasteries in North Zhili Epilogue: States of the field