02742nam a2200493 i 4500 ebr10844214 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 100302s2010 mauab ob 001 0 eng|d 9780674046023 (alk. paper) 0674046021 (alk. paper) 9780674056206 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)873806310 a-cc--- ao----- DS752.3 .B76 2010eb 951/.026 22 Brook, Timothy, 1951- author. The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / Timothy Brook. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Print version: Brook, Timothy. Troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 329 pages ; 25 cm 9780674046023 (OCoLC)ocn456169856 (DLC)10844214 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10844214 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 94450 94450