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dc.contributor.authorGuo, Qitao
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T05:30:49Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T05:30:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52525
dc.description.abstractHuizhou studies the construction of local identity through kinship in the prefecture of Huizhou, the most prominent merchant stronghold of Ming China. Employing an array of untapped genealogies and other sources, Qitao Guo explores how developments in the sociocultural, religious, and gender realms from 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 a gentrified mercantile lineage culture with Chinese—or Huizhou—characteristics.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian historyen_US
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherAsia
dc.subject.otherChina
dc.subject.otherSocial Science
dc.subject.otherEthnic Studies
dc.subject.otherAsian Studies
dc.subject.otherHistory
dc.subject.otherAsia
dc.titleHuizhou
dc.title.alternativeLocal Identity and Mercantile Lineage Culture in Ming China
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.119
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9780520385221
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintUniversity of California Press
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/791cf144-fc84-4ec8-bf63-cecb8bf0cbd2
oapen.identifier.isbn9780520385221


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