A Ming society: Tʻai-ho County, Kiangsi, fourteenth to seventeenth centuries

China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.

In this detailed social history of T'ai-ho county during the Ming dynasty, Dardess describes the rise and development of T'ai-ho village kinship, family lineage, landscape, agriculture, and economy. He follows the careers of a large number of native sons and their relationship to Ming imperial politics and provides an understanding of how Ming society functioned and changed over time.

Dardess, John W.

University of California Press (Berkeley)

1996