Brook, Timothy,  1951- <br/><br/>
The troubled empire :  China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties / 
Timothy Brook 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  2010 
 - 329 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references p. 297-316 and index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674046023 :  $35.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Despotism--History--China<br/>Complexity (Philosophy)--Social aspects--History--China<br/>Commerce--Social aspects--History--China<br/>Commerce--Environmental aspects--History--China
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368<br/>China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644<br/>China--Environmental conditions<br/>China--Economic conditions--To 1644<br/>South China Sea--Commerce--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.026