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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300028849
ISBN-139780300028843
eBay Product ID (ePID)111839
Product Key Features
Number of Pages310 Pages
Publication Name1587 ,A Year of No Significance : the Ming Dynasty in Decline
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1982
SubjectGeneral, Asia / China
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorRay Huang
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN80-005392
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal951/.026
Synopsis"If you buy only one work on pre-modern Chinese history this year, make it this one."--W. S. Atwell, History Winner of the American Book Award for History In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. Through fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries., In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. With fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries.
