The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties

Publication Data

• Title The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties
• Author Timothy Brook
• Publisher Belknap
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Cambridge, Mass.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Despotism :: China :: History
• Complexity (Philosophy) :: Social aspects :: China :: History
• Commerce :: Social aspects :: China :: History
• Commerce :: Environmental aspects :: China :: History
• China :: History :: Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368
• China :: History :: Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
• China :: Environmental conditions
• China :: Economic conditions :: To 1644
• South China Sea :: Commerce :: History
• China
• South China Sea

The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties by Timothy Brook. ISBN 9780674046023. Published by Belknap in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.