The troubled empire [electronic resource] : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook.
2010
DS752.3 .B76 2010eb
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The troubled empire [electronic resource] : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook.
ISBN
9780674046023
0674046021
9780674056206 electronic book
0674046021
9780674056206 electronic book
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps
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DS752.3 .B76 2010eb
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-316) and index.
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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.