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State versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644 /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Harry (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
History.
Asian History.
History of China.
Modern History.
History, Modern.
Asia > History.
China > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 220 pages)
ISBN:9780230617872
DOI:10.1057/9780230617872