{"product_id":"suzhou-9780804731126","title":"Suzhou","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book shows how, though Suzhou entered the Ming defeated and suspect, interactions between the imperial state and local elites gave rise to a network of markets, centered on Suzhou, that fostered high-quality local specialization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...in contributing to the growing body of local history in the study of premodern China, Marmé has made an important and valuable contribution....this is significant book that deserves attention.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is something for everybody in this provocative and challenging book... Marmé's Ming-focused \u003ci\u003eSuzhou\u003c\/i\u003e presents a history of contingency and paradox. In so doing, it brings into view a previously obscured and woefully misunderstood century and a half of urban change.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...anyone seriously interested in the history of late imperial China or the comparative global analysis of urban civilization will welcome this nuanced, wide-ranging study.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents for          Suzhou         Acknowledgments         Conventions         Introduction         1.      Heaven in a Very Small Space: Suzhou and Its Hinterland in the Ming         2.      \"A Great Deal of Extravagance and a Modicum of Frugality\": Suzhou to 1367         3.      A Conquered Province: Suzhou under Hongwu         4.      Co-option and Near Collapse--Suzhou, 1398-1430         5.      Reform, 1430-1484: Suzhou from Zhou Chen to Wang Shu         6.      \"Like Another Place\": Economy and Society in Fifteenth-Century Suzhou         7.      \"Those Occupying Places above the Common People\": Suzhou's elite and the Rise of Wu School Culture         8.      \"Neglecting the Roots, Pursuing the Branches\": Suzhou, 1506-1550         Epilogue: \"Actually Full of Want and Distress\"? Suzhou from the Wokou Crisis to the Fall of the Ming         Conclusion         Appendix A: Population         Appendix B: Examination Graduates         Abbreviations         Notes         Bibliography         Glossary         Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405516480855,"sku":"9780804731126","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804731126.jpg?v=1730492488","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/suzhou-9780804731126","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}