The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties /

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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Huvudskapare: Brook, Timothy, 1951- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.