The Hidden Land: The Garrison System and the Ming Dynasty

ISBN-13: 9780367776770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 276 str.

Cheng Gu

Opis

The book explores the "hidden land" in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) -- the land controlled by the military system that was not made public due to confidentiality issues. It includes the author's selected works which study the garrison system, the state management and the military system during that period.

Spis treści

List of tables.  Foreword.  Acknowledgements  Part I A New Analysis of Cultivated Land in the Early Ming  PartⅡ The Transformation of the Ming Garrison System in the Qing  Part Ⅲ Territorial Administration in the Ming Dynasty  Part Ⅳ The "Garrison" Category of Household Registration in the Ming  Part V Yongning Guard: A Southeastern Coastal Fortress in the Ming  Part VI Military Affairs of the Late Ming  Part VII A Guide to the Study of the Ming History  Part VIII Forty Years of Studies on the Ming History  Afterword.  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

The late Professor Gu Cheng was an eminent expert in the Ming History Studies of China, at Beijing Normal University. His books include The History of the Southern Ming and The History of Peasant War in the Late Ming,etc.