{"product_id":"1587-a-year-of-no-significance-the-ming-dynasty-in-decline-revised","title":"1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Revised)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003e1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Revised)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRay Huang\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300028843\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1982\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e8.11.1982\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e310\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you buy only one work on pre-modern Chinese history this year, make it this one.\"--W. S. Atwell, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Book Award for History \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Revised) | Ray Huang | Paperback | 9780300028843 | Used: Good | Back Stacks C 1759405","offer_id":49199688777880,"sku":"1759405","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71hkMKBGBqL.jpg?v=1780697189","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/1587-a-year-of-no-significance-the-ming-dynasty-in-decline-revised","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}