Ming China, 1368–1644 : A Concise History of a Resilient Empire
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1442204915
ISBN-13
9781442204911
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 11th, 2011
Print length
172 Pages
Weight
248 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.20 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Asian historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
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This engaging, deeply informed book provides the first concise history of one of China’s most important eras. Leading scholar John W. Dardess 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, and its story will fascinate all readers interested in global as well as Asian history.
This engaging, deeply informed book provides the first concise history of one of China’s most important eras. Leading scholar John W. Dardess 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, and its story will fascinate all readers interested in global as well as Asian history.
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