The Troubled Empire
Front cover of The Troubled Empire
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| Author | Timothy Brook |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
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Harvard University Press (hardback, 2010); Belknap Press (paperback, 2013) |
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8 June 2010; 11 Mar 2013 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp. |
| ISBN | (hardback); (paperback) |
The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties is a history book about life and events in China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, between the Mongol invasion of the Confucian empire in the 1270s and the invasion by the Manchu from the Eurasian Steppe, following extreme cold and drought in the 1630s.
The book is written by Timothy Brook, a distinguished Canadian historian who specializes in the study of China (Sinology).
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