02742nam a2200493 i 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020003100095020002800126020002700154040003500181035002100216043002100237050002500258082001700283100003600300245008200336264008200418300005700500336002100557337002300578338003200601504006900633505030200702520023501004588004701239590014701286650003101433650006101464650004601525650005301571651004501624651004501669651003701714651004101751651004001792655002201832776023901854797001202093856012602105999001702231ebr10844214CaPaEBRm     o  d        cr cn|||||||||100302s2010    mauab   ob    001 0 eng|d  z9780674046023 (alk. paper)  z0674046021 (alk. paper)  a9780674056206 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRbengerdaepncCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)873806310  aa-cc---aao-----14aDS752.3b.B76 2010eb04a951/.0262221 aBrook, Timothy,d1951-eauthor.14aThe troubled empire :bChina in the Yuan and Ming dynasties /cTimothy Brook. 1aCambridge, Massachusetts :bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (336 pages) :billustrations, maps  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [297]-316) and index.0 aDragon 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.  aExplores 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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aDespotismzChinaxHistory. 0aComplexity (Philosophy)xSocial aspectszChinaxHistory. 0aCommercexSocial aspectszChinaxHistory. 0aCommercexEnvironmental aspectszChinaxHistory. 0aChinaxHistoryyYuan dynasty, 1260-1368. 0aChinaxHistoryyMing dynasty, 1368-1644. 0aChinaxEnvironmental conditions. 0aChinaxEconomic conditionsyTo 1644. 0aSouth China SeaxCommercexHistory. 0aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBrook, Timothy.tTroubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.dCambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010h329 pages ; 25 cmz9780674046023w(OCoLC)ocn456169856w(DLC)108442142 aebrary.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10844214zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c94450d94450