State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572–1644
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Author | : H. Miller |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2008-12-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230617872 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230617875 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572–1644 by : H. Miller
Book excerpt: This 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.