The confusions of pleasure
Subtitle: commerce and culture in Ming China
By: Timothy Brook.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.; China -- Commerce -- History.
Description: "The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue duree in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.