{"product_id":"1587-a-year-of-no-significance-the-ming-dynasty-in-decline-9780300028843","title":"1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"If you buy only one work on pre-modern Chinese history this year, make it this one.\"--W. S. Atwell, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Book Award for History \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1587, the Year of the Pig, nothing very special happened in China. Yet in the seemingly unspectacular events of this ordinary year, Ray Huang finds exemplified the roots of China's perennial inability to adapt to change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through fascinating accounts of the lives of seven prominent officials, he fashions a remarkably vivid portrayal of the court and the ruling class of late imperial China. In revealing the subtle but inexorable forces that brought about the paralysis and final collapse of the Ming dynasty, Huang offers the reader perspective into the problems China has faced through the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Huang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.12w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300028843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486733131913,"sku":"9780300028843","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_da1c0d29-5811-41a1-9f86-d82ef064ac66.jpg?v=1775542571","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/1587-a-year-of-no-significance-the-ming-dynasty-in-decline-9780300028843","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}