| Physical description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 / A Day in the Life of Yongle's Court: February 23, 1423 -- 2 / The Formative Years, 1360-1382 -- 3 / The Years of Waiting, 1382-1398 -- 4 / The Years of Successional Struggle, 1398-1402 -- 5 / The Years of Reconstruction: Government and Politics, 1402-1420 -- 6 / The Years of Rehabilitation: Society and Economy, 1402-1421 -- 7 / The Emperor of Culture -- 8 / Yongle and the Mongols -- 9 / The Price of Glory -- 10 / Epilogue -- Appendix: The Children of Emperor Hongwu -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive portrait of a dynamic Chinese emperor who laid many of the bureaucratic foundations of modern China. |
| Subject |
Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China, 1360-1424.
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China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
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Biographies. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
9780295981246 |
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0295981245 (Trade Paper) |
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9780295981093 |
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0295981091 (Trade Cloth) |
| Standard Number |
9780295981246 |
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