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Author : Albert Chan
Release : 1982
Genre : China
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 416/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Glory and Fall of the Ming Dynasty by : Albert Chan
Download or read book The Glory and Fall of the Ming Dynasty written by Albert Chan. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the government, economy, social structure, and history of the Ming dynasty, and offers a picture of what life was like in China between 1368 and 1644.
Author : Daniel R. Faust
Release : 2016-07-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 480/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty by : Daniel R. Faust
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty written by Daniel R. Faust. This book was released on 2016-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming to power between Mongol and Manchu rule, the Ming Dynasty represented the last ethnic Han dynasty to rule China. Following the Mandate of Heaven, the first Ming emperor launched nearly 300 years of cultural and political transformation. This compelling volume traces the ascendancy, demise, and legacy of the Ming Dynasty, chronicling the development of its governmental structure, its expansion of trade and its economy, its extension and enhancement of the Great Wall of China, and many other achievements. Readers will also learn about the effect of the Little Ice Age and its role in the Ming’s demise.
Author : Daniel R. Faust
Release : 2016-07-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 464/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty by : Daniel R. Faust
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty written by Daniel R. Faust. This book was released on 2016-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming to power between Mongol and Manchu rule, the Ming Dynasty represented the last ethnic Han dynasty to rule China. Following the Mandate of Heaven, the first Ming emperor launched nearly 300 years of cultural and political transformation. This compelling volume traces the ascendancy, demise, and legacy of the Ming Dynasty, chronicling the development of its governmental structure, its expansion of trade and its economy, its extension and enhancement of the Great Wall of China, and many other achievements. Readers will also learn about the effect of the Little Ice Age and its role in the Ming’s demise.
Author : Kenneth M. Swope
Release : 2014-01-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 093/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 by : Kenneth M. Swope
Download or read book The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 written by Kenneth M. Swope. This book was released on 2014-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the military collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty to a combination of foreign and domestic foes. The Ming’s defeat was a highly surprising development, not least because as recently as in the 1590s the Ming had managed to defeat a Japanese force considered to be perhaps the most formidable of its day when the latter attempted to subjugate Korea en-route to a planned invasion of China. In contrast to conventional explanations for the Ming’s collapse, which focus upon political and socio-economic factors, this book shows how the military collapse of the Ming state was intimately connected to the deterioration of the personal relationship between the Ming throne and the military establishment that had served as the cornerstone of the Ming military renaissance of the previous decades. Moreover, it examines the broader process of the militarization of late Ming society as a whole to arrive at an understanding of how a state with such tremendous military resources and potential could be defeated by numerically and technologically inferior foes. It concludes with a consideration of the fall of the Ming in light of contemporary conflicts and regime changes around the globe, drawing attention to climatological factors and developments outside state control. Utilizing recently released archival materials, this book adds a much needed piece to the puzzle of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China.
