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