Copper Coins And The Emperors Wallet The Role Of Currency In Ming China
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| Author | : Sui-Wai Cheung |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2023-10-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 900468753X |
Sui-Wai Cheung’s study of the institutional history of copper coins in the Ming dynasty reveals how emperors and statesmen perceived and used the copper coins at their disposal. In this process, he uncovers the reality of the Sons of Heaven, showing that although Ming emperors seemed to have unlimited power, they could not afford the upkeep on their palace. In this revealing history of Ming China, Cheung argues that especially after the breakdown of the household registration system, the aim of the Ming coinage system was to create a new source of income in order to maintain the emperor's domain in Beijing.
| Author | : Martin Jacques |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 631 |
| Release | : 2009-11-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1101151455 |
Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western. Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China. Now, in this greatly expanded and fully updated edition, boasting nearly 300 pages of new material, and backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China’s ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, changing the world as we know it. First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and is the subject of an immensely popular TED talk.
| Author | : Stefania Vannuccini |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 484 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9789251043615 |
Sharks are only a small proportion of world recorded fish landings, but they are a versatile and valuable resource. They sustain important fisheries in several countries and are a cheap but valuable source of protein for coastal communities dependent on subsistence fisheries. Sharks are exploited for their meat, fins, teeth, cartilage, liver and other internal organs. This report details species used and methods of preparation for various purposes.
| Author | : Arie Wallert |
| Publisher | : Getty Publications |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 1995-08-24 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0892363223 |
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
| Author | : Rotem Kowner |
| Publisher | : Brill Academic Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 652 |
| Release | : 2015-05-15 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9789004292925 |
"Race and Racism in Modern East Asia (Vol. 2)" examines in depth interactions between Western and local constructions of race. This insightful 23-chapter volume offers a sweeping analysis of issues of race, racism, nationalism and gender in the region that is unsurpasssed in previous scholarship.
| Author | : Sui-Wai Cheung |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2017-07-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1351737902 |
The legal recognition of private land ownership -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART V: Land reform in China to the 1930s -- 12. Too little, too late: China catching up on land registration in the 1930s -- Compiling the cadastral record -- Ownership under the Land Law -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Index.
| Author | : Francesca Bray |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 447 |
| Release | : 2015-02-19 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1107044391 |
Rice is a first step toward a history of rice and its place in capitalism from global and comparative perspectives.
| Author | : Gavin Menzies |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
| Total Pages | : 99 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0007269374 |
The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today.--From amazon.com.
| Author | : Paul F. Grendler |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 531 |
| Release | : 2022-05-02 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9004510281 |
An authoritative account of the intellectual and educational history of the late Italian Renaissance. Twenty essays on major themes, institutions, and persons of the Italian Renaissance by one of its most distinguished living historians.
| Author | : Edward L. Dreyer |
| Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780321084439 |
This new biography, part of Longman's World Biography series, of the Chinese explorer Zheng He sheds new light on one of the most important "what if" questions of early modern history: why a technically advanced China did not follow the same path of development as the major European powers. Written by China scholar Edward L. Dreyer, Zheng He outlines what is known of the eunuch Zheng He's life and describes and analyzes the early 15th century voyages on the basis of the Chinese evidence. Locating the voyages firmly within the context of early Ming history,itaddresses the political motives of Zheng He's voyages and how they affected China's exclusive attitude to the outside world in subsequent centuries.
