The Confusions of Pleasure Comparative politics cultural history and environmental exploration

cultural history and environmental exploration

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The Confusions of Pleasure Comparative politics cultural history and environmental explorationThe 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 Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368 1644), when China was transformed from a closely