The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook.
Series: History of imperial ChinaPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: 329 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780674046023 (alk. paper)
- 0674046021 (alk. paper)
- China -- History -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368
- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- China -- Environmental conditions
- China -- Economic conditions -- To 1644
- South China Sea -- Commerce -- History
- Despotism -- China -- History
- Complexity (Philosophy) -- Social aspects -- China -- History
- Commerce -- Social aspects -- China -- History
- Commerce -- Environmental aspects -- China -- History
- Yuandynastie
- Mingdynastie
- China
- 951/.026 22
- DS752.3 .B76 2010
Contents:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-316) and index.
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.
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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