000342621 000__ 01931cam\a2200385\a\4500 000342621 001__ 342621 000342621 005__ 20210513124035.0 000342621 008__ 100302s2010\\\\mauab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000342621 010__ $$a 2010007195 000342621 020__ $$a9780674046023 (alk. paper) 000342621 020__ $$a0674046021 (alk. paper) 000342621 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn456169856 000342621 035__ $$a342621 000342621 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dUKM$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dERASA$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dCDX$$dKEC$$dLIV$$dSBM 000342621 043__ $$aa-cc---$$aao----- 000342621 049__ $$aISEA 000342621 05000 $$aDS752.3$$b.B76 2010 000342621 08200 $$a951/.026$$222 000342621 1001_ $$aBrook, Timothy,$$d1951- 000342621 24514 $$aThe troubled empire :$$bChina in the Yuan and Ming dynasties /$$cTimothy Brook. 000342621 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$$c2010. 000342621 300__ $$a329 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000342621 440_0 $$aHistory of imperial China. 000342621 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000342621 5050_ $$aDragon spotting -- Scale -- The nine sloughs -- Khan and emperor -- Economy and ecology -- Families -- Beliefs -- The business of things -- The South China Sea -- Collapse -- Conclusion -- Temperature and precipitation extremes -- The nine sloughs -- Succession of emperors -- Pronunciation guide. 000342621 520__ $$aExplores the history of China between the Mongol reunification of China in 1279 under the Yuan dynasty and the Manchu invasion four centuries later, explaining how climate changes profoundly affected the empire during this period. 000342621 650_0 $$aDespotism$$zChina$$xHistory. 000342621 650_0 $$aComplexity (Philosophy)$$xSocial aspects$$zChina$$xHistory. 000342621 650_0 $$aCommerce$$xSocial aspects$$zChina$$xHistory. 000342621 650_0 $$aCommerce$$xEnvironmental aspects$$zChina$$xHistory. 000342621 651_0 $$aChina$$xHistory$$yYuan dynasty, 1260-1368. 000342621 651_0 $$aChina$$xHistory$$yMing dynasty, 1368-1644. 000342621 651_0 $$aChina$$xEnvironmental conditions. 000342621 651_0 $$aChina$$xEconomic conditions$$yTo 1644. 000342621 651_0 $$aSouth China Sea$$xCommerce$$xHistory. 000342621 85200 $$bgen$$hDS752.3$$i.B76$$i2010 000342621 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:342621$$pGLOBAL_SET 000342621 980__ $$aBIB 000342621 980__ $$aBOOK