Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China, Reviewed by Peter C. Perdue

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Peter C. Perdue
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Forest History ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Chinese State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Official Sources ◽  
Imperial State ◽  
Early Modern China

Ian M. Miller's important book follows the impact of the Chinese state and economy on the forests of southern China, from the eleventh through sixteenth centuries. Besides providing a new narrative of forest history, based on the scouring of official sources, his helpful comparisons to Europe and Japan ask us to rethink how we periodize Chinese history and evaluate the success of the imperial state.

The View from Early Modern China

Capitalisms ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 306-326
Author(s):  
Anne Gerritsen
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Production System ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Fine Ceramics ◽  
Early Modern China

The porcelain production centre of Jingdezhen (southern China) produced fine ceramics both for the emperor and his court and for the market by employing large numbers of skilled and unskilled, free and unfree labour. Conventionally, the imperial kilns of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties have been held up as examples of exploitative systems that prevented the development of capitalism. In this chapter, I explore evidence from the sixteenth-century Chinese centre of ceramics manufacture to suggest the presence of a form of capitalism in early modern China. The chapter covers a brief background of the production system in Jingdezhen and then turns to some specific issues in the central government’s management of labour force, to return to some question of capitalism towards the end of the chapter. Overall, the chapter reveals sophisticated labour-management policies, waged free labour, and production for global markets, pointing to a capitalist environment.

A Review for Research on the Sino-West Hybrid Style Buildings in Early Modern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2285-2289
Author(s):  
Jing Luo ◽  
Wei Min Guo ◽  
Ying Huang
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Detailed Review ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Early Modern Times ◽  
National Style ◽  
Early Modern China

Given the research findings concerning the Sino-west hybrid style buildings in early modern China are abundant but are lack of systemic pectination, this paper analyzes the related research findings from an integrative and classified perspective, especially makes a detailed review on the early modern vernacular architecture, which possess the characteristic of local evolution, and the national style of Chinese buildings in early modern times. Furthermore, the paper points out deficiencies in previous researches in the early modern Sino-west hybrid style buildings, and puts forward the urgent problems must be solved.

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