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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 1 by General Editors John K. Fairbank, Denis Twitchett is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The contributors, all specialists from the international community of Sinologists, cover the main developments in political, social, economic and intellectual life of China in their respective periods. Collectively they present the major events in a long history that encompasses both a very old civilisation and a great modern power. Written not only for students and scholars, but with the general reader in mind, the volumes are designed to be read continuously, or as works of reference. No knowledge of Chinese is necessary for readers with Chinese, proper names and terms are identified with their characters in the glossary, and full references to Chinese, Japanese, and other works are given in the bibliographies. Numerous maps illustrate the texts. The published volumes have constituted essential reading in Chinese history. Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part 1 This volume in the authoritative Cambridge History of China is devoted to the history of the Ming dynasty, with some account of the three decades before the dynastys formal establishment, and of the Ming Courts, which survived in South China for a generation after 1644. Volume 7 deals primarily with political developme
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- Author
- General Editors John K. Fairbank, Denis Twitchett
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521243339
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Anthropology, Humanities
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