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"If you buy only one work on pre-modern Chinese history this year, make it this one."--W. S. Atwell, History

Winner of the American Book Award for History

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.

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.

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This is a superb book, one that answers many questions about a Chinese, past and present.''

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  • Title 1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
  • Author Ray Huang
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 310
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
  • Publication date September 10, 1982
  • ISBN 9780300028843 / 0300028849
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.12 x 0.81 in (23.42 x 15.54 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 80005392
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.02
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