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1 online resource (127 pages)
ISBN:
9781442204928
Serie:
Critical Issues in World and International History
Inhalt:
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 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.
Inhalt:
Intro -- The Ming Emperors: Names and Dates -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Frontiers -- Chapter 2: Emperors -- Chapter 3: Governance -- Chapter 4: Literati -- Chapter 5: Outlaws -- Notes -- Further Reading -- About the Author.
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ISBN 9781442204911
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442204911
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=787365
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