Ming China, 13681644 - A Concise History of a Resilient Empire

Informationen zum Autor By John W. Dardess Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: FrontiersChapter 2: EmperorsChapter 3: GovernanceChapter 4: LiteratiChapter 5: OutlawsFurther Reading

Product details

• Authors: John Dardess, John W. Dardess
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9781442204911
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0491-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Critical Issues in World and International History; Critical Issues in World and I; Critical Issues in World and International History; Critical Issues in World and I
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Asian studies;China studies