Culture, Courtiers, and Competition: The Ming Court (1368-1644)

This collection of essays reveals the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Rather than observing an immutable set of traditions, court culture underwent frequent reinterpretation and rearticulation, processes driven by immediate personal imperatives, mediated through social,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674028236
• ISBN13: 9780674028234
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"