The confusions of pleasure : commerce and culture in Ming China /
The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Bro...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Language notes: | English. |
Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |