The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook.
2010
DS752.3 .B76 2010 (Mapit)
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The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook.
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ISBN
9780674046023 (alk. paper)
0674046021 (alk. paper)
0674046021 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DS752.3 .B76 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
951/.026
Summary
Explores 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
History of imperial China.
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Table of Contents
Dragon 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.
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.