Dr Kenneth J. Hammond became interested in Asia as a young man during the Vietnam War era. After studying Chinese language in Beijing and undertaking further study elsewhere in China and in Boston, he entered Harvard University where he received his Master's degree in East Asian Studies and his PhD in History and East Asian Languages. Currently Associate Professor of History at New Mexico State University, he is a member of the board of directors of the Society for Ming Studies, of which he is a past president. Hammond was a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in and a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden in 2002-3.

• EMPERORS OF THE MING AND QLNG DYNASTIES INTRODUCTION PART I LIFE AND DEATH 1 YOUTH AND EARLY CAREER 2 EXILE AND RETURN 3 TO THE EXECUTION GROUND PART II THE POSTHUMOUS CAREER 4 THE MAKING OF A MARTYR 5 TRAJECTORIES OF APPROPRIATION GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS

Dr Kenneth J. Hammond became interested in Asia as a young man during the Vietnam War era. After studying Chinese language in Beijing and undertaking further study elsewhere in China and in Boston, he entered Harvard University where he received his Master's degree in East Asian Studies and his PhD in History and East Asian Languages. Currently Associate Professor of History at New Mexico State University, he is a member of the board of directors of the Society for Ming Studies, of which he is a past president. Hammond was a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in and a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden in 2002-3.

• EMPERORS OF THE MING AND QLNG DYNASTIES INTRODUCTION PART I LIFE AND DEATH 1 YOUTH AND EARLY CAREER 2 EXILE AND RETURN 3 TO THE EXECUTION GROUND PART II THE POSTHUMOUS CAREER 4 THE MAKING OF A MARTYR 5 TRAJECTORIES OF APPROPRIATION GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS

Dr Kenneth J. Hammond became interested in Asia as a young man during the Vietnam War era. After studying Chinese language in Beijing and undertaking further study elsewhere in China and in Boston, he entered Harvard University where he received his Master's degree in East Asian Studies and his PhD in History and East Asian Languages. Currently Associate Professor of History at New Mexico State University, he is a member of the board of directors of the Society for Ming Studies, of which he is a past president. Hammond was a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in and a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden in 2002-3.

• EMPERORS OF THE MING AND QLNG DYNASTIES INTRODUCTION PART I LIFE AND DEATH 1 YOUTH AND EARLY CAREER 2 EXILE AND RETURN 3 TO THE EXECUTION GROUND PART II THE POSTHUMOUS CAREER 4 THE MAKING OF A MARTYR 5 TRAJECTORIES OF APPROPRIATION GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS