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The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part I

Series The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7, Part 1

Edited by Frederick W. Mote and Denis Twitchett

Publication Date 1998

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521243322

Hardback ISBN-10 0521243327

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521243322

Overview

This volume in The Cambridge History of China is devoted to the history of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), with some account of the three decades before the dynasty's formal establishment, and for the Ming courts that survived in SOuth China for a generation after 1644. Volume 7 deals primarily with the political developments of the period, but it also incorporates background in social, economic, and cultural history where this is relevant to the course of events. The Ming period is the only segment of later imperial history during which all of China proper was ruled by a native, or Han, dynasty. The success of the Chinese in regaining control over their own government is an important event in history and the Ming dynasty has thus been regarded, bith in Ming times and even more so in this century, as an era of Chinese resurgence. The volume provides the largest and most detailed account of the Ming period in any language. Summarizing all modern research, both in Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages, the authors have gone far beyond a summary of the state of the field, but have incorporated original research on subjects that have never before been described in detail. Although it is written by specialists, the goals and approach of this Cambridge history are to explain and describe the Ming dynasty to an audience that wilol include scholars and students as well as general readers who do not have a specialized knowledge of Chinese history.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part I in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of China Vol. 7, part 1: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part I

Frontmatter

Introduction by Frederick W. Mote

The rise of the Ming dynasty, 1330–1367 by Frederick W. Mote

Military Origins of Ming China by Edward L. Dreyer

The Hung-wu reign, 1368–1398 by John D. Langlois, Jr.

The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns, 1399–1435 by Hok-lam Chan

The Cheng-t'ung, Ching-t'ai, and T'len-shun reigns, 1436–1464 by Denis Twitchett and Tilemann Grimm

The Ch'eng-hua and Hung-chih reigns, 1465–1505 by Frederick W. Mote

The Cheng-te reign, 1506–1521 by James Geiss

The Chia-ching reign, 1522–1566 by James Geiss

The Lung-ch'ing and Wan-li reigns, 1567–1620 by Ray Huang

The T'ai-ch'ang, T'ien-ch'i, and Ch'ung-chen reigns, 1620–1644 by William Atwell

The Southern Ming, 1644–1662 by Lynn A. Struve

Historical writing during the Ming by Wolfgang Franke

Appendix: Bibliographic notes

Bibliography

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