Ming China, 1368-1644 [electronic resource] : a concise history of a resilient empire / John W. Dardess.
Dardess, John W., 1937-
2012
DS753 .D37 2012eb
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Title Ming China, 1368-1644 [electronic resource] : a concise history of a resilient empire / John W. Dardess.
Author Dardess, John W., 1937-
ISBN 9781442204928 electronic bk
9781442204911 (pbk.)
9781442204904
Imprint Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 155 p.) : maps.
Call Number DS753 .D37 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 951/.026
Summary This book provides the first concise history of one of China's most important eras. The author offers a thematically organized political, social, and economic exploration of China from 1368 to 1644. He examines how the Ming dynasty was able to endure for 276 years, illuminating Ming foreign relations and border control, the lives and careers of its sixteen emperors, its system of governance and the kinds of people who served it, its great class of literati, and finally the mass outlawry that, in unhappy conjunction with the Manchu invasions from outside, ended the once-mighty dynasty in the mid-seventeenth century. The Ming dynasty witnessed the beginning of China's contact with the West,.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Critical issues in world and international history.
Available in Other Form Ming China, 1368-1644.
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The Ming emperors: names and dates
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