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1 online resource |
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Introduction -- Cheng Minzheng and the rise of Huizhou consciousness -- A land of prominent lineages -- Wang Daokun and the promotion of mercantile lineage culture -- "A Confucian heartland of women" -- The local religious order -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Huizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in Huizhou prefecture, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Making use of an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms in the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries intertwined to shape Huizhou identity as a land of "prominent lineages." This gentrified self-image both sheltered and guided the development of mercantile lineages, which were further bolstered by the gender regime and the local religious order. As Guo demonstrates, the discrepancy between representation and practice helps explain Huizhou's triumphs. The more active the economy became, the more those central to its commercialization embraced conservative sociocultural norms. Home lineages embraced neo-Confucian orthodoxy even as they provided the financial and logistical support to assure the success of Huizhou merchants. The end result was not "capitalism" but gentrified mercantile lineage culture with Chinese-or Huizhou-characteristics"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Mercantile system -- China -- She Xian (Anhui Sheng) -- History
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Kinship -- China -- She Xian (Anhui Sheng) -- History
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Merchants -- China -- She Xian (Anhui Sheng) -- History
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History / Asia / China.
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies.
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History / Asia.
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Kinship.
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Mercantile system.
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Merchants.
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Social conditions.
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She Xian (Anhui Sheng, China) -- Social conditions -- 15th century
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She Xian (Anhui Sheng, China) -- Social conditions -- 16th century
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China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024072
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China.
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China -- She Xian (Anhui Sheng)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021036623 |
| ISBN |
9780520385221 |
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0520385225 |
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