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The troubled empire :

by Brook, Timothy, Physical details: 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps ISBN:9780674056206 (e-book).
Subject(s): 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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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