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The troubled empire: China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0674046021 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780674046023 (hbk.)
Author	Brook, Timothy 1951-
Title	The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / [by] Timothy Brook
Publisher	Cambridge, MA ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010
Physical desc.	329 p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 25 cm.
Series	History of imperial China
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-316) and index.
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.
Subject	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

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