Table of Contents for Suzhou

Suzhou
Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge
Michael Marmé
Table of Contents for Knowledge and Money

Table of Contents for

Suzhou

Acknowledgments

Conventions

Introduction

1.Heaven in a Very Small Space: Suzhou and Its Hinterland in the Ming

2."A Great Deal of Extravagance and a Modicum of Frugality": Suzhou to 1367

3.A Conquered Province: Suzhou under Hongwu

4.Co-option and Near Collapse—Suzhou, 1398-1430

5.Reform, 1430-1484: Suzhou from Zhou Chen to Wang Shu

6."Like Another Place": Economy and Society in Fifteenth-Century Suzhou

7."Those Occupying Places above the Common People": Suzhou's elite and the Rise of Wu School Culture

8."Neglecting the Roots, Pursuing the Branches": Suzhou, 1506-1550

Epilogue: "Actually Full of Want and Distress"? Suzhou from the Wokou Crisis to the Fall of the Ming

Conclusion

Appendix A: Population

Appendix B: Examination Graduates

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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