The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural ...(展开全部)

The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural ...(展开全部)

The Ming dynasty (1368-1644), a period of commercial expansion and cultural innovation, fashioned the relationship between the present day state and society in China. This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines this relationship and argues that contrary to previous scholarship, it was radical ...(展开全部)

This volume seeks to study the connections between two well-studied epochs in Chinese history: the mid-imperial era of the Tang and Song era (ca.800-1270) and the late imperial era of the late Ming and Qing (1550-1900). Both eras are seen as periods of explosive change, particularly in economic activity, characterized by the emergence of new forms of social organization and a d...(展开全部)

This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, Patricia Buckley. In the essays she has selected for this fascinating volume, Professor Ebrey explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship systems as practices and ideas intimately connected to history and therefore subject to change over time. The essays cover topics ranging from d...(展开全部)

魏玛莎（Marsha Weidner），主要研究中国古代女画家绘画以及明代佛教艺术。现为堪萨斯大学教授。

With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901–1911), abolition of the civil service examination (1905), and the end of the monarchy (1912), the first three decades of the twentieth century brought important changes to the elite of Zhejiang Province. This book examines the social backgrounds, public activities, careers, and decision-making of local and provincial elites—that is, no...(展开全部)

With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901–1911), abolition of the civil service examination (1905), and the end of the monarchy (1912), the first three decades of the twentieth century brought important changes to the elite of Zhejiang Province. This book examines the social backgrounds, public activities, careers, and decision-making of local and provincial elites—that is, no...(展开全部)

柯睿（Paul W. Kroll），美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校中文教授。1976年获密歇根大学博士学位。师从著名汉学家薛爱华，是当今北美中古文学研究的三大家之一。柯睿教授对中国中古时期文学和文化史有大量精彩的研究，包括六十多篇论文和五本论著以及若干编著。近著如A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese。柯睿教授多年来一直担任《美国东方学会杂志》（Journal of the American Oriental Society）和《唐学报》（T’ang Studies）的主编。目前则主编欧洲汉学杂志《通报》（T’oung Pao）。童岭，1981年3月生，江苏镇江人。南京大学文学博士。现为南京大学文学院教授。国家第二批“万人计划”青年拔尖人才。主要研究六朝隋唐时代的学术、思想与文学，...(展开全部)