Si-yen Fei is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Urbanization was central to development in late imperial China. Yet its impact is heatedly debated, although scholars agree that it triggered neither Weberian urban autonomy nor Habermasian civil society. This book argues that this conceptual impasse derives from the fact that the seemingly continuous urban expansion was in fact punctuated by a wide variety of “dynastic urbanisms.” Historians should, the author contends, view urbanization not as an automatic by-product of commercial forces but as a process shaped by institutional frameworks and cultural trends in each dynasty.
This characteristic is particularly evident in the Ming. As the empire grew increasingly urbanized, the gap between the early Ming valorization of the rural and late Ming reality infringed upon the livelihood and identity of urban residents. This contradiction went almost unremarked in court forums and discussions among elites, leaving its resolution to local initiatives and negotiations. Using Nanjing—a metropolis along the Yangzi River and onetime capital of the Ming—as a central case, the author demonstrates that, prompted by this unique form of urban-rural contradiction, the actions and creations of urban residents transformed the city on multiple levels: as an urban community, as a metropolitan region, as an imagined space, and, finally, as a discursive subject.
發表於2024-04-28
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The introduction part of this book summarizes and critiques existing studies of Chinese cities. It in turn reviews several key issues regarding Chinese urbanization: 1. Urbanization and commercialization. The author rightly notes that “the triumph of marke...
評分The introduction part of this book summarizes and critiques existing studies of Chinese cities. It in turn reviews several key issues regarding Chinese urbanization: 1. Urbanization and commercialization. The author rightly notes that “the triumph of marke...
評分The introduction part of this book summarizes and critiques existing studies of Chinese cities. It in turn reviews several key issues regarding Chinese urbanization: 1. Urbanization and commercialization. The author rightly notes that “the triumph of marke...
評分The introduction part of this book summarizes and critiques existing studies of Chinese cities. It in turn reviews several key issues regarding Chinese urbanization: 1. Urbanization and commercialization. The author rightly notes that “the triumph of marke...
評分費絲言的這本書是近幾年最好的關於晚期中華帝國城市史研究作品之一 。本書的導論:A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism,對以往中國城市史研究中的“都市化(urbanization)”問題的探討提齣瞭自己的質疑。費認為以往的研究使得宋元時期的城市與明清時期的城市隻有規模上的...
圖書標籤: 城市史 城市 海外中國研究 費絲言 曆史 社會史 明史 明清史
翻瞭一下,仔細看瞭最前和最後兩章,內容和想象中的不太一樣,但書本身是特彆清楚有洞見的
評分序是非常好的綜述,寫稅收和城牆的兩章也很有趣,而且很好讀
評分常讀常新 越讀越好
評分非常好的綜述和發明,尤其前兩章寫稅收和築城的。後兩章純分析representation和discourse。論述多因前人理路而發,少那麼一點點氣場把整本書擰在一起。但話說迴來,我是多想有一個這麼簡單明白的dissertation架構啊。
評分非常好的綜述和發明,尤其前兩章寫稅收和築城的。後兩章純分析representation和discourse。論述多因前人理路而發,少那麼一點點氣場把整本書擰在一起。但話說迴來,我是多想有一個這麼簡單明白的dissertation架構啊。
Negotiating Urban Space 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載