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 | The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China (Updated Edition) by Timothy Brook Paperback, 345 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-520-22154-0 / 0520221540 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22154-3 / 9780520221543 The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Bro | |