Broaden the horizon of history

Author: Ray Huang
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This is a revised and expanded edition, incorporating multiple essays by Ray Huang since the 1970s along with two new contributions. The author applies his consistently advocated macro-historical perspective, reexamining history from a long-term, distant, and broad perspective, which provides a coherent rationale for many past events that seemed unreasonable. With concise language and unique historical insights, Ray Huang observes what others overlook, offering profound and thought-provoking perspectives. The book includes topics such as: "Late Ming Merchants as Seen in Three Words" (San Yan), "Year-End Statistics in the Veritable Records of the Ming Taizu," "New Understandings of the Ming Dynasty and Other Factors," "My Understanding of 'Capitalism'," and "The Convergence of Chinese History and Western Culture."