美国施珊珊(Sarah Schneewind)教授的《明代的社学与国家》(Community Schools and the State in Ming China),于2006年由美国斯坦福大学出版社出版,全书共有八章。第一章、绪论,介绍写作目的和动机。首先,作者指出,皇权和社会的关系问题是中国古代史研究中的一个重要问题,在学术界存 Professor Sarah Schneewind of the United States, “Community Schools and the State in Ming China,” published in 2006 by the Stanford University Press, the book consists of eight chapters. The first chapter, introduction, introduces the purpose and motivation of writing. First of all, the author points out that the relationship between the imperial power and the society is an important issue in the study of ancient Chinese history. In the academic community