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 ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>Dragon 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. 
<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/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674046023 (alk. paper) 0674046021 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB027923  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015489486  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>China China China China South China Sea Despotism Complexity (Philosophy) Commerce Commerce 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951/.026