Late Ming Social Transformation Issues and Research

Author: Wan Ming, Editor-in-Chief
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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 study focus on social changes during the late Ming Dynasty. Social changes in the late Ming Dynasty encompass various aspects, and this book emphasizes the transformation of the overall social structure. Based on years of research accumulation, the authors collaborate on selecting 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 for discussion. Each aspect discussed here, though 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 transformation.