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The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
China History
Brook traces the Yuan and Ming dynasties through climate, commerce, and administrative breakdown, showing how the Little Ice Age destabilized the late Ming and set conditions for its collapse. Wang calls it the best volume in the Harvard University Press History of Imperial China series.
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Dan Wang
“Best in the HUP History series”
Wang's top pick from the Harvard University Press Imperial China series, praised for Brook's integration of climate and commerce into dynastic narrative.