Timothy Brook is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and a fellow of the British Academy. His many books include Great State, Mr. Selden’s Map of China, and Vermeer’s Hat.
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卜氏將氣溫變化、氣候變遷因素納入明清鼎革討論議題中,提出著名的“明代九災年期”(The Nine Sloughs)假說。這種論點和“白銀輸入減少崩潰說”一起服務於晚明與同時期歐陸其他國家存在同類失序現象的共時性分析,即所謂“17世紀普遍危機”,誇大明清鼎革的全球性因素,有矯枉過正的嫌疑。然卜氏的價格資料卻頗有可資利用之處。