[日]滨下武志，1943年生，日本著名历史学家、汉学家，曾任日本东京大学、京都大学和龙谷大学等大学教授，成为日本汉学界第一位在东大、京大这两所日本最高学府中同时任职的双聘教授。此外，先后在法国社会科学高等研究院、美国康奈尔大学、香港大学等著名学府任客座研究员、客座教授。主要研究领域为中国社会经济史、东亚经济史、东南亚华侨华人史等。滨下武志教授著述宏富，著有《中国近代经济史研究》《近代中国的国际契机》《朝贡体系与近代亚洲》《中国、东亚与全球经济》等，在国际学术界享有盛誉，具有很高的学术地位。

[日]滨下武志，1943年生，日本著名历史学家、汉学家，曾任日本东京大学、京都大学和龙谷大学等大学教授，成为日本汉学界第一位在东大、京大这两所日本最高学府中同时任职的双聘教授。此外，先后在法国社会科学高等研究院、美国康奈尔大学、香港大学等著名学府任客座研究员、客座教授。主要研究领域为中国社会经济史、东亚经济史、东南亚华侨华人史等。滨下武志教授著述宏富，著有《中国近代经济史研究》《近代中国的国际契机》《朝贡体系与近代亚洲》《中国、东亚与全球经济》等，在国际学术界享有盛誉，具有很高的学术地位。

From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the concept of order (zhi). This cultural preoccupation has found expression not only in China's highly refined bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in Chinese philosophy, religious and secular ritual, and a number of comprehensive...(展开全部)

During the late imperial era (1500-1911), China, though divided by ethnic, linguistic, and regional differences at least as great as those prevailing in Europe, enjoyed a remarkable solidarity. What held Chinese society together for so many centuries? Some scholars have pointed to the institutional control over the written word as instrumental in promoting cultural homogenizati...(展开全部)

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state regulation of sexuality shifted away from status, under which members of different groups ...(展开全部)

Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneering volume of essays, written by historians, art historians, and literary scholars, introduces the major issues in the social and cultural history of the book in late imperial China. Informed by many insights from the ri...(展开全部)