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John W. Dardess - More Than the Great Wall, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

More Than the Great Wall

The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368–1644

Av John W. Dardess

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This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Ming China’s pursuit of national security along its 1,700 miles of northern frontier. Drawing on a wealth of original sources, John Dardess vividly portrays how Ming China’s emperors, officials, and commanders in the field thought, argued, and made decisions in real time as they worked to defend their country. Despite common perceptions of the central role of the so-called Great Wall of China, Dardess convincingly shows that the wall was but a minor piece in a much bigger effort to battle Tatar looting. Dardess immerses readers in the day-to-day world of the Ming as he explores the question of how leaders kept their country safe over the 276 years the dynasty ruled.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-10-18
  • Mått: 159 x 233 x 36 mm
  • Vikt: 930 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 572
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781538135105
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John W. Dardess (1937–2020) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Kansas. His books include Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire; Governing China, 150–1850; A Political Life in Ming China: A Grand Secretary and His Times; and Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China.

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More Than the Great Wall is an invaluable contribution to the fields of Ming political, military, and borderland history. It is a compelling and intimate chronology of how the Ming succeeded, managed, and failed in northern border defense, and illustrates how “for 276 years, despite many serious lapses and horrendous breakdowns, the system worked” (p. 2). Surely, students and researchers alike stand to benefit from the carefully crafted scholarship offered in this volume.

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