Description: Winner of the American Book Award for History "If you buy only one work on pre-modern Chinese history this year, make it this one."-W. S. Atwell, 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.
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EAN: 9780300028843
UPC: 9780300028843
ISBN: 9780300028843
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Book Title: 1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: 1587 ,A Year of No Significance : the Ming Dynasty in Decline
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: General, Asia / China
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1982
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Ray Huang
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
