The Confusions of Pleasure. Commerce and Culture in Ming China

by Timothy Brook

A$45 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1998. Stock ID #214742 Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxv + 320pp, notes, bibliography, glossary and index, edges slightly foxed, small label mark front dustjacket, but a very good hardback copy. The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a

• Binding: Hardcover

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