Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century China

Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century China: Society, Culture, and Modernity in Li Yü's World
AuthorChun-shu Chang and Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang
SubjectHistory of China
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
Publication date
1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages472
ISBN0-472-10255-9

Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century China: Society, Culture, and Modernity in Li Yü's World is a 1992 book written by Chun-shu Chang and Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang about the transition in seventeenth-century China from the Ming dynasty to the Qing as viewed from a scholar living during the transition, Li Yu. The book discusses the state, society, and culture of the time by examining Li Yu's life and writings. The book received Choice's Outstanding Academic Title Award in 1998.