UID:
kobvindex_HPB870409962
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780295981246
,
0295981245
,
9780295981093
,
0295981091
Content:
The first comprehensive portrait of a dynamic Chinese emperor who laid many of the bureaucratic foundations of modern China.
Note:
List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 / A Day in the Life of Yongle's Court: February 23, 1423 -- 2 / The Formative Years, 1360-1382 -- 3 / The Years of Waiting, 1382-1398 -- 4 / The Years of Successional Struggle, 1398-1402 -- 5 / The Years of Reconstruction: Government and Politics, 1402-1420 -- 6 / The Years of Rehabilitation: Society and Economy, 1402-1421 -- 7 / The Emperor of Culture -- 8 / Yongle and the Mongols -- 9 / The Price of Glory -- 10 / Epilogue -- Appendix: The Children of Emperor Hongwu -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies.
;
History.
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