The troubled empire : : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / / Timothy Brook.

Explores the history of China between the Mongol reunification of China in 1279 under the Yuan dynasty and the Manchu invasion four centuries later, explaining how climate changes profoundly affected the empire during this period.

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts : : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages) :; illustrations, maps
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-316) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a Explores the history of China between the Mongol reunification of China in 1279 under the Yuan dynasty and the Manchu invasion four centuries later, explaining how climate changes profoundly affected the empire during this period. 
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