02954nam 2200733 450 991046472800332120200520144314.00-674-05620-510.4159/9780674056206(CKB)3710000000092379(EBL)3301407(SSID)ssj0001134894(PQKBManifestationID)11608254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134894(PQKBWorkID)11094048(PQKB)10169058(MiAaPQ)EBC3301407(DE-B1597)457567(OCoLC)873806310(OCoLC)979752463(OCoLC)999366749(DE-B1597)9780674056206(Au-PeEL)EBL3301407(CaPaEBR)ebr10844214(EXLCZ)99371000000009237920100302d2010 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe troubled empire China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties /Timothy BrookCambridge, Massachusetts :Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,2010.1 online resource (336 p.)History of Imperial China ;5Description based upon print version of record.0-674-04602-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-316) and index.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.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.History of Imperial ChinaDespotismChinaHistoryComplexity (Philosophy)Social aspectsChinaHistoryCommerceSocial aspectsChinaHistoryCommerceEnvironmental aspectsChinaHistoryChinaHistoryYuan dynasty, 1260-1368ChinaHistoryMing dynasty, 1368-1644ChinaEnvironmental conditionsChinaEconomic conditionsTo 1644South China SeaCommerceHistoryElectronic books.DespotismHistory.Complexity (Philosophy)Social aspectsHistory.CommerceSocial aspectsHistory.CommerceEnvironmental aspectsHistory.951/.026Brook Timothy1951-979835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464728003321The troubled empire2481817UNINA