In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China experienced far greater access to political information than suggested by the blunt measures of control and censorship employed by modern Chinese regimes. A tenuous partnership between the court and the dynamic commercial publishing enterprises of late imperial China enabled the publication of gazettes in a wide range of print and manuscri...(展开全部)

In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China experienced far greater access to political information than suggested by the blunt measures of control and censorship employed by modern Chinese regimes. A tenuous partnership between the court and the dynamic commercial publishing enterprises of late imperial China enabled the publication of gazettes in a wide range of print and manuscri...(展开全部)

施坚雅教授(G.William Skinner)，美国国家科学院院士、戴维斯加州大学人类学系教授,于2008年10月26日因病逝世，享年83岁。施坚雅教授一生致立于人类学、人口学和历史经济区划等研究，著述斗盛，在国际学术界享有崇高的声誉。 1925年2月14日施出生于美国加州奥克兰。1954年于美国康奈尔大学获人类学博士学位，先后任哥伦比亚大学社会学助教、康奈尔大学人类学副教授、教授，1965年起任斯坦福大学人类学教授，1990年至今任加州大学戴维斯分校人类学教授，其间曾任宾夕法尼亚大学、杜克大学、日本庆应大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、香港大学客座教授。 施坚雅教授曾在墨西哥、泰国、印度尼西亚、日本等地进行田野考察。1950-1951年曾到中国四川考察，1977年曾考察中国城市市场。1968年列名《美国名人录》，1969年被授予古根海姆学者，1980年...(展开全部)

"In a sweeping overview of four centuries of Mongolian history that draws on previously untapped sources, Johan Elverskog opens up totally new perspectives on some of the most urgent questions historians have recently raised about the role of Buddhism in the constitution of the Qing empire. Theoretically informed and strongly comparative in approach, Elverskog’s work tells a fa...(展开全部)

Unruly People shows that in mid-Qing Guangdong banditry occurred mainly in the densely populated core Canton delta where state power was strongest, challenging the conventional wisdom that banditry was most prevalent in peripheral areas. Through extensive archival research, Antony reveals that this is because the local working poor had no other options to ensure their livelihoo...(展开全部)

Chinese officials put considerable effort into managing the fiscal and legal affairs of their jurisdictions, but they also devoted significant time and energy to performing religious rituals on behalf of the state. This groundbreaking study explores this underappreciated aspect of Chinese political life by investigating rainmaking activities organized or conducted by local offi...(展开全部)

This book examines the widespread practice of self-publishing by writers in late imperial China, focusing on the relationships between manuscript tradition and print convention, peer patronage and popular fame, and gift exchange and commercial transactions in textual production and circulation. Combining approaches from various disciplines, such as history of the book, literary...(展开全部)