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John W. Dardess - Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire - 9781442204904 - V9781442204904
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Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire

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Description for Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
Series
Critical Issues in World and International History
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442204904
SKU
V9781442204904
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About John W. Dardess
John W. Dardess is professor emeritus of history at the University of Kansas.

Reviews for Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire
Dardess’s achievement is that he has condensed the whole story into a neat book under 150 pages long. . . . Dardess’s focus on why the Ming dynasty endured, as opposed to why it failed, is both refreshing and necessary. . . . Ming China will inspire the student and challenge the specialist and is thus a very positive contribution. ... Read more

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