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)

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)

苏成捷（Matthew H. Sommer），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校历史学博士，现为斯坦福大学历史系教授。擅长利用司法档案研究清代中国的性、社会性别关系和法律。出版有Sex，Law， and Society in Late Imperial China和Polyandry and Wife-selling in Qing Dynasty China两部学术专著，并在Late Imperial China、Modern China等学术刊物上发表论文多篇。 谢美裕，斯坦福大学历史学博士，历任斯坦福大学人文学概论讲师与俄亥俄州立大学马里恩校区历史系助理教授。 尤陈俊，中国人民大学法学院教授、博士生导师，教育部青年长江学者（2018年度）。在国内外学术刊物上发表论文多篇，出版有专著《聚讼纷纭》《法律知识的文字传播》，《从诉讼档案出发》等多部编著，以及译著...(展开全部)