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Overview
Now in paperback
This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes "superfluous things"--the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China--and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.
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- ISBN-13: 9780824859015
- ISBN-10: 0824859014
- Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
- Publish Date: May 2004
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 246
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