02269    a2200409   4500001001100000005001700011008004200028020001800070037003600088040000700124041000800131072001500139072001600154072001300170072001500183072001500198072001600213072001600229072001400245072001300259072001400272072001400286072001400300072001300314072001600327072001500343072002100358072002100379072002000400100001800420245008000438250000600518260003200524300001000556520127800566999001501844135138173320250317111600.0250312042018GB        160           eng    a9781351381734  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 41.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHB2thema7 aNHTB2thema7 aN2thema7 aNHF2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FPC2bisac7 a1DDU2bisac7 a3M2bisac7 aJHB2bic7 aHBTB2bic7 aHBLH2bic7 aHBJF2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FPC2bisac7 a1DB2bisac7 aSOC0000002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a323.09422bisac1 aMartin Powers10aChina and EnglandbThe Preindustrial Struggle for Justice in Word and Image  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20180924  a268 p  bThis book examines egalitarian social ideals and institutions that arose in preindustrial China and England, and in the process, uncovers China’s forgotten role in the history of social justice debate and legislation during the eighteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of visual and documentary evidence, the author shows that many prominent individuals in both England and China adopted comparable strategies as a logical response to excesses of privilege and arbitrary power, with educated but non-noble persons taking advantage of print culture, a more literate population, an expanded art market, public spaces and other familiar ‘early modern’ developments to interrogate the system of inherited privilege and promote a more meritocratic society. This shared experience created common ground for transformative exchange between the two great traditions during the eighteenth century. By providing a more global account of what we call Western values, the book shows that early modern China and England had far more in common than is normally supposed, and thus challenges claims on the right and the left that the people of China lacked a concept of social justice and that China’s cultural legacy should be treated as exceptional in regard to human rights.  c3975d3975