Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge

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Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge

Before Shanghai, there was Suzhou: a city of canals and commerce, gardens and scholars, the largest noncapital city on earth between 1400 and 1850. This book shows how, though Suzhou entered the Ming dynasty defeated and suspect, interactions between the imperial state and local elites gave rise to a network of markets that fostered high-quality local specialization. Population growth and economic expansion followed, as did the acceptance of conspicuous consumption, critical distance from the imperial state, and the dissolution of traditional barriers between scholar-officials and merchants. These developments shaped Suzhouâ€™s artistic and literary creativity, and made possible the continued success of its sons in the imperial examinations. Thus political success, cultural creativity, and economic centrality, the author argues, enabled Suzhou not just to influence the region, but to reshape the empire.
Country USA
Brand Stanford University Press
Manufacturer Stanford University Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884278118298
EANs 9780804731126
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Stanford University Press
Manufacturer	Stanford University Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884278118298
EANs	9780804731126
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge

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