To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us to believe? Is it true that decent people did not use the courts? And is it true ...(展开全部)

To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us to believe? Is it true that decent people did not use the courts? And is it true ...(展开全部)

The essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the means by which scientists convey their ideas. While diverse in their subject matter, the essays are unified in asserting that scientists compose and use particular representations in contextually organized and contextually sensitive ways, and that these representations - particularly visual displays such as graphs...(展开全部)

The essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the means by which scientists convey their ideas. While diverse in their subject matter, the essays are unified in asserting that scientists compose and use particular representations in contextually organized and contextually sensitive ways, and that these representations - particularly visual displays such as graphs...(展开全部)

黄宗智，美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校历史系教授，中国研究中心创办主任（1986-1995年）。《近代中国》季刊（Moden China）创办编辑（1975年至今）。主要著作有：《华北的小农经济与社会变迁》，中华书局，1986年版（2000年重版）；《长江三角洲小农家庭与乡村发展》，中华书局，1992年版（2000年重版）等。

黄宗智，美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校历史系教授，中国研究中心创办主任（1986-1995年）。《近代中国》季刊（Moden China）创办编辑（1975年至今）。主要著作有：《华北的小农经济与社会变迁》，中华书局，1986年版（2000年重版）；《长江三角洲小农家庭与乡村发展》，中华书局，1992年版（2000年重版）等。

[加]卜正民（Timothy Brook） 当代最著名的汉学家之一。多伦多大学文学士，哈佛大学文学硕士、哲学博士。历任多伦多大学、斯坦福大学等校教授，英国牛津大学邵氏汉学教授，现为加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学圣约翰学院历史系教授。卜正民学术视野广阔，主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代社会和文化史、二战时期日本在中国的占领、当代人权问题等。编撰著作（含合著合编）数种，主要有：《纵乐的困惑：明代的商业与文化》《为权力祈祷：佛教与晚明中国士绅社会的形成》《中国与历史资本主义：汉学知识的系谱学》《民族的构建：亚洲精英及其民族身份》《明代的社会与国家》《维梅尔的帽子：从一幅画看全球化贸易的兴起》《鸦片政权：中国、英国和日本，1839—1952年》《通敌：战时中国的日本代领与地方精英》《明清历史的地理动因》《亚细亚生产方式在中国》《杀千刀：中西视野下的凌迟...(展开全部)

The concept of "civil society" was borrowed from eighteenth-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and postcommunist regimes elsewhere. In China, the Democracy Movement forced the concept onto the intellectual agenda during the struggle to come to terms with the growth of dissent and the failure of s...(展开全部)