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Part 1. Space
The spatial organization of subcounty administration
The gazetteer cartography of Ye Chunji
Part 2. Fields
Taxing polders on the Yangzi Delta
Growing rice in North Zhili
Part 3. Books
Building school libraries in the mid-Ming
State censorship and the book trade
Part 4. Monasteries
At the margin of public authority: the Ming state and Buddhism
Buddhism in the Chinese constitution: recording monasteries in North Zhili.
The Chinese state in Ming society by Timothy Brook. ISBN 0415345073. Published by RoutledgeCurzon in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.