Brook, Timothy.

The Troubled Empire : China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages) - History of Imperial China Series ; v.5 . - History of Imperial China Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Dragon Spotting -- Chapter 2. Scale -- Chapter 3. The Nine Sloughs -- Chapter 4. Khan and Emperor -- Chapter 5. Economy and Ecology -- Chapter 6. Families -- Chapter 7. Beliefs -- Chapter 8. The Business of Things -- Chapter 9. The South China Sea -- Chapter 10. Collapse -- Conclusion -- Temperature and Precipitation Extremes -- The Nine Sloughs -- Succession of Emperors -- Pronunciation Guide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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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.


Electronic books.

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