The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods. Using the city's temples as her point of entry, Naquin carefully excavates Peking's varied public arenas, the city's transformation over five centuries, its human engagements, and its rich cultural imprint. This study shows how modern Beijing's glittering image...(展开全部)

【内容简介】 公元15—19世纪，曾经邦国林立的印度次大陆，逐步成为莫卧儿和英帝国这样大型帝国的舞台。本书揭示了在这改变印度、亚洲乃至世界命运的五个世纪间，帝国的凝视和控制与地方对帝国权力的抵制如何共同塑造了次大陆的景观，而帝国力量的消长又如何与帝国环境知识的形成过程交织在一起。 本书对帝国生态学的研究根植于扎实的历史研究，运用了大量此前鲜有人关注的档案文献。在帝国的支配之下，关于世界的地方性知识被转化为聚合性信息，后者又生产出了统治这个世界的中央集权。正是这种政治生态学重塑了整个生物群落——动植物被迁往他处；人类社群或背井离乡或灰飞烟灭；有的物种欣欣向荣，另一些物种则销声匿迹。然而，这些国家工程并非在无基之地凭空起楼，而是建基在由神圣宇宙观、朝圣路线、河流浅滩、名木奇石等构成的多重地方性和区域性地理学之上。 【名家推荐】 南亚环境史是一个底蕴深厚、...(展开全部)

Advances an interesting perspective in world history, arguing that institutions and culture - and not just the global economy - serve as important elements of international order. Focusing on colonial legal politics and the interrelation of local and indigenous cultural contests and institutional change, the book uses case studies to trace a shift in plural legal orders - from ...(展开全部)

Advances an interesting perspective in world history, arguing that institutions and culture - and not just the global economy - serve as important elements of international order. Focusing on colonial legal politics and the interrelation of local and indigenous cultural contests and institutional change, the book uses case studies to trace a shift in plural legal orders - from ...(展开全部)

A Search for Sovereignty, first published in 2010, approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, pi...(展开全部)

A Search for Sovereignty, first published in 2010, approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, pi...(展开全部)

A Search for Sovereignty, first published in 2010, approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, pi...(展开全部)

A Search for Sovereignty, first published in 2010, approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, pi...(展开全部)

本书作者韩书瑞教授从七十年代开始致力于清代民间宗教的研究，先后出版了乾隆朝王伦清水教和嘉庆朝京畿八卦教起义两部著作。此后她将注意力转到清代北京民间宗教活动上，2000年推出这部篇幅宏大、内容详尽的以清代北京宗教寺庙和民间日常宗教活动为主题的著作。在作者眼中，民间宗教活动是清代平民日常生活的重要组成部分，是研究平民生活和国家/社会关系的理想场所。在本书中，韩书瑞强调民间宗教有很强的思想功能，充当了国家正统理念以外的民间信仰的源泉。除去思想功能，寺庙的经济功能也不能忽视，以寺庙为中心的集市庙会和进香活动，促进了地方经济发展和商品往来。寺庙也是平民的日常交际的场所，方便了男女交往、社会上层和下层人群的沟通以及跨行业社会往来。从明清至民国，北京民间宗教活动的兴衰和寺庙的存废也是国家/社会关系演变的窗口。从总体角度上看，国家实力逐渐强大，国家推行的世俗化运动最...(展开全部)

本书作者韩书瑞教授从七十年代开始致力于清代民间宗教的研究，先后出版了乾隆朝王伦清水教和嘉庆朝京畿八卦教起义两部著作。此后她将注意力转到清代北京民间宗教活动上，2000年推出这部篇幅宏大、内容详尽的以清代北京宗教寺庙和民间日常宗教活动为主题的著作。在作者眼中，民间宗教活动是清代平民日常生活的重要组成部分，是研究平民生活和国家/社会关系的理想场所。在本书中，韩书瑞强调民间宗教有很强的思想功能，充当了国家正统理念以外的民间信仰的源泉。除去思想功能，寺庙的经济功能也不能忽视，以寺庙为中心的集市庙会和进香活动，促进了地方经济发展和商品往来。寺庙也是平民的日常交际的场所，方便了男女交往、社会上层和下层人群的沟通以及跨行业社会往来。从明清至民国，北京民间宗教活动的兴衰和寺庙的存废也是国家/社会关系演变的窗口。从总体角度上看，国家实力逐渐强大，国家推行的世俗化运动最...(展开全部)