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The City in Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan

Author : Wing-Yee Yuen
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374723160
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The City in Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan written by Wing-Yee Yuen and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The City in Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan" by Wing-yee, Yuen, 袁詠儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: The City in Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan (1) Abstract This is a comparative study of urban history, which introduces its readers to the spectacular late imperial China and Tokugawa Japan. Prior to the advent of Western challenges in the mid-nineteenth century, both China and Japan had already accomplished a remarkably high level of urbanism that dwarfed their occidental counterparts. This exhilarating period of urban growth and development has been extensively studied by scholars in different academic domains. The present study is by no means an exhaustive or illustrious exploration. It starts from the basic premise that the city in Western Europe has long played the pivotal role in engineering societal changes and therefore been considered an agent of change since the late medieval era. On the contrary, the city in traditional China was the very antithesis of its Western European counterpart. The writer will eventually set out to explain how and why this happened. In juxtaposition with the late imperial Chinese city, the city in Tokugawa Japan lay in between the polarities of the oriental and occidental urban traditions. Having drawn a distinction between these two cultural disparities, the writer will conclude with a reflection on the value of this comparative study. DOI: 10.5353/th_b2989301 Subjects: Cities and towns - China - History Cities and towns - Japan - History

明清两朝的城市

Author : George William Skinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book 明清两朝的城市 written by George William Skinner and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China

Author : Linda Cooke Johnson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143840798X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China written by Linda Cooke Johnson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines cities of the Jiangnan region of south-central China between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries, an area considered to be the model of a successfully developing regional economy. The six studies focus on the urban centers of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Shanghai. Emphasizing the regional focus, the authors explore the interconnections and sequential relationships between these major cities and analyze common themes such as the development of handicraft industry, transport and commerce, class structure, ethnic diversity and internal immigration, and the social and political pressures generated by developments in manufacturing, taxes, and government politics. The book provides a valuable resource on commercial development and internal economic and social development in pre-modern China, particularly on specific regional development and the historical role of traditional Chinese cities.

Urban Networks in Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan

Author : Gilbert Rozman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400870933
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book Urban Networks in Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan written by Gilbert Rozman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan were unusually urbanized premodern societies where about one half of the world's urban population lived as late as 1800. Gilbert Rozman has drawn on both sociology and history to develop original methods of illuminating the historical urbanization of China and Japan and to provide a way of relating urban patterns to other characteristics of social structure in premodern societies. The author also hopes to redirect the analysis of premodern societies into areas where China and Japan can be compared with each other and with other large scale societies. The author divides central places into seven levels and determines how many levels were present in each country century by century. Through this method he is able to demonstrate how Japan was rapidly narrowing China's lead in urbanization and show that Japan was relatively efficient in concentrating resources in high level cities. Explanations for differences in urban concentration are sought in: a general discussion of the social structure of each country; an analysis of marketing patterns; a detailed study of Chihli province and the Kantō region; an examination of regional variations; and a comparison of Peking and Edo, which were probably the world's largest cities throughout the eighteenth century. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Economy of Lower Yangzi Delta in Late Imperial China

Author : Billy Kee Long So
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415508967
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Lower Yangzi Delta in Late Imperial China written by Billy Kee Long So and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores aspects of this vibrant market economy in late imperial China, and by presenting a reconstructed narrative of economic development in the early modern Jiangnan, provides new perspectives on established theories of Chinese economic development. Further, by examining economic values alongside social structures, this book produces a historically comprehensive account of the contemporary Chinese economy which engenders a deeper and broader understanding of China's current economic success.

The City in Late Imperial China

Author : George William Skinner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
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Total Pages : 365 pages
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The Chinese City

Author : Weiping Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136990828
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese City written by Weiping Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s cities are home to 10 percent of the world’s population today. They display unprecedented dynamism under the country’s surging economic power. Their remarkable transformation builds on immense traditions, having lived through feudal dynasties, semicolonialism, and socialist commands. Studying them offers a lens into both the complex character of the changing city and the Chinese economy, society, and environment. This text is anchored in the spatial sciences to offer a comprehensive survey of the evolving urban landscape in China. It is divided into four parts, with 13 chapters that can be read together or as stand-alone material. Part I sets the context, describing the geographical setting, China’s historical urban system, and traditional urban forms. Part II covers the urban system since 1949, the rural–urban divide and migration, and interactions with the global economy. Part III outlines the specific sectors of urban development, including economic restructuring, social–spatial transformation, urban infrastructure, and urban land and housing. Finally, part IV showcases urbanism through the lens of the urban environment, lifestyle and social change, and urban governance. The Chinese City offers a critical understanding of China’s urbanization,exploring how the complexity of the Chinese city both conforms to and defies conventional urban theories and experience of cities elsewhere around the world. This comprehensive book contains a wealth of up-to-date statistical information, case studies, and suggested further reading to demonstrate the diversity of urban life in China.

The Cambridge History of China

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521243346
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of China written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century

Author : Susan Naquin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300046021
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century written by Susan Naquin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the eighteenth century, China's new Manchu rulers consolidated their control of the largest empire China had ever known. In this book Susan Naquin and Evelyn S. Rawski draw on the most recent research to provide a unique overview and reevaluation of the social history of China during this period--one of the most dynamic periods in China's early modern era. "A lucid, original, and scholarly summary of the social, economic, and demographic history of China's last great period of glory. This will be an important book for students of Chinese history."--Jonathan Spence, Yale University "Engaging, complex, and elegantly written. . . . Absorbing and valuable: a thorough, unique, and richly detailed account of the social forms and cultural and religious life of the people."--Choice " An] interesting and well-informed survey of China between about 1680 and 1820."--W.J.F. Jenner, Asian Affairs "I would be a very odd scholar or general reader who could not derive profit from reading this elegant and painstaking survey of the social, cultural, and economic life of the Qing empire in its apparent prime. . . . A superb survey which readers may absorb and cherish."--Alexander Woodside, Pacific Affairs "A highly readable synthesis of recent secondary literature on the subject."--William S. Atwell, Journal of Asian Studies "Their coverage is comprehensive and their writing is clear and lucid. reading this book obtains one a very broad, yet penetrative, view of Chinese society at the time."--Alan P.L. Liu, Asian Thought & Society "The ground covered by this book is vast. . . . Its very breadth conveys with great clarity the extent of current knowledge of premodern China: it also serves as an excellent introduction to the social history of the Qing dynasty."--Hugh D.R. Baker, China Quarterly "This is a most challenging work and ambitious work. . . . Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century give both the general reader and also the historian who does not study China a tool for grounding himself or herself in the basic patterns and trends that could be found in eighteenth century China as well as in the problems the specialists are now exploring. The book is also of great value to students of traditional and modern China, for it serves to synthesize much of the new literature on China in the High Qing. Thus it serves the 'China hand' as a state of the field essay that shows just where we are even as it suggests directions for future research."--Murray A. Rubinstein, American Asian Review "This excellent book provides an intelligent summary our rapidly changing understanding of Chinese society in a crucial century of political stability and economic and demographic expansion. Susan Naquin and Evelyn S. Rawski are distinguished contributors to the field, energetically engaged in its multinational communication networks."--John E. Wills, Jr., American Historical Review

China in the Tokugawa World

Author : Marius B. Jansen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674117532
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book China in the Tokugawa World written by Marius B. Jansen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book challenges the traditional notion that Japan was an isolated nation cut off from the outside world in the early modern era. This familiar story of seclusion, argues master historian Marius B. Jansen, results from viewing the period solely in terms of Japan's ties with the West, at the expense of its relationship with closer Asian neighbors. Taking as his focus the port of Nagasaki and its thriving trade with China in the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, Jansen not only corrects this misperception but offers an important analysis of the impact of the China trade on Japan's cultural, economic, and political life. Creating a vivid portrait of a city that lived on and for foreign trade, the author details Nagasaki's pivotal role in importing luxury goods for a growing Japanese market whose elite wanted more of everything that ships from China could bring. Silk, sugar, and ginseng were among the cargoes brought to Nagasaki as well as books that, by the late Tokugawa period, signaled the dangers of Western expansionism. The junks from China brought people as well as goods, and the author provides clear evidence of the influence of Chinese expatriates and visitors on Japanese religion, law, and art. Japan's intellectuals prided themselves on their full participation in the cultural milieu of the continental mainland, and for them China represented an ideal land of sages and tranquility. But gradually China came to represent, instead, a metaphor for the "other", as Japan's quest for a national identity intensified. Among the Japanese, a new image of their nation was beginning to emerge: a Japan superior to Asia in general and to China in particular.

Urbanization and the Pacific World, 1500–1900

Author : Lionel Frost
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351876341
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Urbanization and the Pacific World, 1500–1900 written by Lionel Frost and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1500 and 1900 there was a constant growth in the numbers of large cities and networks of smaller towns throughout the Pacific world in which traders and primary producers did business. The essays in Urbanization and the Pacific World explore the increasingly complex economic relationships that connected cities in and around the Pacific world to each other, and pay particular attention to the impact that growing cities had on the economies of their hinterlands. The volume also contains articles that examine the problems that city growth created and the ways in which people were able to cope with them. Along with the new introduction, the essays cover all of the regions of the Pacific world in which city growth took place, and will allow the reader to consider a wide range of common and contrasting urban experiences.

European Urbanization, 1500-1800

Author : Jan de Vries
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415417686
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book European Urbanization, 1500-1800 written by Jan de Vries and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Opera and the City

Author : Andrea Goldman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804782628
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Opera and the City written by Andrea Goldman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late imperial China, opera transmitted ideas across the social hierarchy about the self, family, society, and politics. Beijing attracted a diverse array of opera genres and audiences and, by extension, served as a hub for the diffusion of cultural values. It is in this context that historian Andrea S. Goldman harnesses opera as a lens through which to examine urban cultural history. Her meticulous yet playful account takes up the multiplicity of opera types that proliferated at the time, exploring them as contested sites through which the Qing court and commercial playhouses negotiated influence and control over the social and moral order. Opera performance blurred lines between public and private life, and offered a stage on which to act out gender and class transgressions. This work illuminates how the state and various urban constituencies manipulated opera to their own ends, and sheds light on empire-wide transformations underway at the time.

History of Technology Volume 29

Author : Ian Inkster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350019119
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book History of Technology Volume 29 written by Ian Inkster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common question from the western point of view is of the sort; why did China lose its early leadership of productive technologies to Europe during the early modern period? Answers to this seemingly clear enquiry vary from general cultural inwardness to the interferences of imperial governance. This collection surveys such theories but alters the issue by raising the notion that Chinese technologies did not so much fail as move along a path different from that of Europe. Our second collection on the Mindful Hand, also shifts common ground by querying and modifying common views of the links between knowledge and technique in early-modern European development. Scientific or related knowledge was not brought to technique as a socio-cultural gift from an educated elite to the working man. Rather, educated gents, practitioners, instrument makers, craftsfolk and technicians of all kinds intermingled both socially and in terms of the recognition of technical problems as well as in the assemblage of the mental, commercial and cognitive resources required to pursue innovative production projects.

Revolution and the People in Russia and China

Author : S. A. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139471015
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Revolution and the People in Russia and China written by S. A. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique comparative account of the roots of Communist revolution in Russia and China. Steve Smith examines the changing social identities of peasants who settled in St Petersburg from the 1880s to 1917 and in Shanghai from the 1900s to the 1940s. Russia and China, though very different societies, were both dynastic empires with backward agrarian economies that suddenly experienced the impact of capitalist modernity. This book argues that far more happened to these migrants than simply being transformed from peasants into workers. It explores the migrants' identification with their native homes; how they acquired new understandings of themselves as individuals and new gender and national identities. It asks how these identity transformations fed into the wider political, social and cultural processes that culminated in the revolutionary crises in Russia and China, and how the Communist regimes that emerged viewed these transformations in the working classes they claimed to represent.

Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy

Author : Gregory C. Chow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317663543
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy written by Gregory C. Chow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's rapid rise to become the world's second largest economy has resulted in an unprecedented impact on the global system and an urgent need to understand the more about the newest economic superpower. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy is an advanced-level reference guide which surveys the current economic situation in China and its integration into the global economy. An internationally renowned line-up of scholars contribute chapters on the key components of the contemporary economy and their historical foundations. Topics covered include: the history of the Chinese economy from ancient times onwards; economic growth and development; population, the labor market, income distribution, and poverty; legal, political, and financial institutions; and foreign trade and investments. Offering a cutting-edge overview of the Chinese economy, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, economists, graduate, and undergraduate students studying this ever-evolving field.