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In: Chinese Studies on China
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- East and West -- The Asiatic Mode of Production -- The Asiatic Form of Property -- Oriental Society -- Rhetoric and Controversy -- The Asiatic Mode of Production in China -- In Defense of the AMP -- Denying the Uniqueness of the East: The AMP as Primitive Society -- The AMP as a Sixth Mode of Production -- Challenging Unilinear History -- Abandoning the Model -- Notes -- 2 Some Questions Concerning Research on the Asiatic Mode of Production -- Five or Six Modes of Social Production? -- Is Social Development Unilinear or Multilinear? -- Understanding the Nature of Soviet Society Today -- Periodization of Premodern Chinese History -- The Political Significance of Studying the AMP -- Notes -- 3 Ancient Chinese Society and the Asiatic Mode of Production -- The Genesis of Marx's Asiatic Theory -- How to Interpret the Asiatic Mode of Production -- Ancient Chinese Society and the Asiatic Mode of Production -- Monarchical State Ownership of Land -- The Persistence of the Rural Commune -- The Status of the "General Slave -- Notes -- 4 The Well-Field System in Relation to the Asiatic Mode of Production -- Notes -- 5 The Unproblematic Asiatic Mode of Production -- The AMP Is the Mode of Production of the Ancient Period -- The AMP Is the Universal Primitive Socioeconomic Formation -- Marx Did Not Inherit the AMP from Hegel -- Why "Asiatic"? -- What Problem Did the AMP Solve? -- The AMP and Oriental Despotism -- The Unity of Rent and Tax, and Commodity Production under Tribute Relations -- The Role of River-Based Irrigation in the AMP -- The AMP in Marx's and Engels' Later Years -- The AMP as Problematic -- Notes -- 6 Some Questions Concerning Research on the Theory of the Asiatic Mode of Production
The concept of civil society was borrowed from 18th-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and post-communist regimes elsewhere. This book asks whether this concept is useful for analyzing China
Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; 1 The View from Delft; 2 Vermeer's Hat; 3 A Dish of Fruit; 4 Geography Lessons; 5 School for Smoking; 6 Weighing Silver; 7 Journeys; 8 Endings: No Man is an Island; Acknowledgments; Appendix: Chinese and Japanese Publications; Recommended Reading and Sources; Notes; Index.
In: Studies in modern capitalism
In: Ann Arbor paperbacks
In: Critical Asian scholarship 5
In: Critical Asian scholarship
This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines the relationship between the present day state and society in China.
In: Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
Intro -- Praying for Power: BUDDHISM AND THE FORMATION OF GENTRY SOCIETY IN LATE-MING CHINA -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Translation Conventions -- Introduction: Monastic Patronage and the Gentry: The Problem -- The Historiography of Gentry Studies -- Buddhism and the Gentry -- Gentry Society and the Public Sphere -- The Changing Social Context of the Buddhist Monastery -- Part I: The Culture of Buddhism -- 1 The Passionate Life of Zhang Dai -- 2 Like a Lid to a Box, Like Ice to Ash: Accommodating Buddhism -- The Relationship of Buddhism to Neo-Confucianism -- The Neo-Confucian Absorption -- The Neo-Confucian Reaction -- Accommodation -- 3 Holding a Cup of New Tea and Listening to Sutras: Buddhism in Gentry Culture -- Assessing Buddhism's Presence in Gentry Society -- Buddhist Observances and Rituals -- The Organization of Lay Associations -- Tourism and Cultural Pursuits -- Gentry Uses of Monastic Space -- Gentry Becoming Monks -- A Pilgrim's Progress: Approaching Tiantong Monastery -- Part 2: Monastic Patronage -- 4. The Patrons of Dinghu Mountain -- 5. How the Gentry Patronized Monasteries -- Financial Patronage -- The Acquisition of Land -- Gentry Supervision of Monastic Affairs -- Literary Patronage -- Temporal Trends of Patronage -- 6. Why the Gentry Patronized Monasteries -- Gender-Based Patronage -- Kinship-Based Patronage -- Religious Appeals -- Social Appeals -- Cultural Appeals -- Social Networks -- Publicizing Gentry Identity -- Merchant Philanthropy in Contrast -- Part 3: Patronage in Context -- 7 The Patronage of Gentry in a Small County: Zhucheng County, Shandong -- Zhucheng Environment and Social Structure -- The Zhucheng Gentry -- Zhucheng Religious Institutions -- Zhucheng Monastic Patronage -- 8 The Patronage of Gentry in a Large County: Yin County (Ningbo ), Zhejiang.