Social Changes in Late Ming Society: Issues and Research

Author: Wan Ming
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the National Social Science Fund Project, with the social changes in late Ming Dynasty as its research subject. The social changes in late Ming Dynasty encompass many aspects, and this book focuses on the transformation of the overall social structure. Based on years of research accumulation, the authors collaborate in dividing tasks and discuss topics such as population, commerce, currency, urban-rural society, law, military, social security, politics, ideology and culture, as well as internal and external interactive relationships. Each aspect discussed here, although with different perspectives, highlights the significant changes in society, pays attention to the interactive relationships among diverse social dynamics, and identifies the mainstream trends of change.