[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。

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)

About This Book During China’s late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent of candidates would complete the academic regimen that would earn them a post in the administrative bureaucracy. Civil Examinations assesses the role of education, ex...(展开全部)

Marginalia are a variety of writings and symbols written by readers in book margins. This study focuses on marginalia and explores the reading practices and the scholarly culture of late Imperial China. Beginning in the late Ming and early Qing, more scholars devoted themselves to reading and collating ancient texts. They developed the habit of writing marginalia while reading,...(展开全部)

Demanding and offering tribute is a most common feature in human societies and nothing special to China. In the course of the development of Neolithic and later societies social classes have developed where persons who achieved superior positions first could demand ‘presents’ or tribute from neighboring societies they defeated and then, with the assistance of sturdy ‘servants’ ...(展开全部)