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State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572–1644

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: The Problem of Sovereignty in Traditional China

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 1-29

  3. Zhang Juzheng, 1572–1582

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 31-54

  4. The Righteous Circles, 1582–1596

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 55-74

  5. The Wanli Emperor, 1596–1606

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 75-94

  6. The Donglin Faction, 1606–1626

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 95-123

  7. Wei Zhongxian, 1626–1628

    • Harry Miller
    Pages 125-138

  8. The Restoration Society, 1628–1644

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    Pages 139-163

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 165-220
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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.

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"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

About the author

HARRY MILLER is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Alabama, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572–1644

  • Authors: Harry Miller

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230617872

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Harry Miller 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61134-4Published: 13 January 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37660-5Published: 13 January 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61787-2Published: 22 December 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 220

  • Topics: Asian History, Modern History, History of China

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