{"product_id":"state-versus-gentry-in-late-ming-dynasty-china-15721644-9780230611344","title":"State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book looks at the bitter factionalism in the last days of China's Ming Dynasty as an ideological struggle between scholar-officials who believed that sovereignty resided in the imperial state and those who believed that it resided with the learned gentry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harry Miller provides an essential and authoritative account of the last quarter of the Ming Dynasty, blending political, social, and intellectual history. Writing with clarity and concision, he touches on a wide range of issues and frequently offers novel interpretations. By bringing together a sequence of political events, and analyzing them from the perspective of factionalism that was informed by philosophical differences, Miller has produced a truly innovative unifying overview of late Ming history.\" - Edward L. Farmer, University of Minnesota\"Harry Miller has given us a dramatic new way of looking at the late Ming, placing himself in the front rank of a generation of new and innovative scholars such as Nimmick, Robinson, Marme, and Swope. He brings a revisionist view that focuses on the necessity of looking throguh Confucian rhetoric to the vicious power struggles that lay beneath the surface of the ideological battles. This is a tightly argued book with a clear and accessible interpretation.\" - Murray A. Rubinstein, Baruch College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZhang Juzheng, 1572-1582 The Righteous Circles, 1582-1596 The Wanli Emperor, 1596-1606 The Donglin Faction, 1606-1626 Wei Zhongxian, 1626-1628 The Restoration Society, 1628-1644","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017662366039,"sku":"9780230611344","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780230611344.jpg?v=1750774272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/state-versus-gentry-in-late-ming-dynasty-china-15721644-9780230611344","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}