02414nam 2200577 a 450 991045760010332120200520144314.01-283-30262-497866133026251-4422-0492-3(CKB)2550000000050494(EBL)787365(OCoLC)757261282(SSID)ssj0000638594(PQKBManifestationID)12251251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638594(PQKBWorkID)10714267(PQKB)11500796(MiAaPQ)EBC787365(Au-PeEL)EBL787365(CaPaEBR)ebr10519549(CaONFJC)MIL330262(EXLCZ)99255000000005049420110407d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMing China, 1368-1644[electronic resource] a concise history of a resilient empire /John W. DardessLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefieldc20121 online resource (173 p.)Critical issues in history. World and international historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-0491-5 1-4422-0490-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontiers -- Emperors -- Governance -- Literati -- Outlaws.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 oCritical issues in world and international history.ChinaHistoryMing dynasty, 1368-1644Electronic books.951/.026Dardess John W.1937-640435MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457600103321Ming China, 1368-16441994739UNINA