{"product_id":"the-ming-dynasty-charles-hucker-9780472038121","title":"The Ming Dynasty: Its Origins and Evolving Institutions","description":"In the latter half of the fourteenth century, at one end of the Eurasian continent, the stage was not yet set for the emergence of modern nation-states. At the other end, the Chinese drove out their Mongol overlords, inaugurated a new native dynasty called Ming (1368-1644), and reasserted the mastery of their national destiny. It was a dramatic era of change, the full significance of which can only be perceived retrospectively. With the establishment of the Ming dynasty, a major historical tension rose into prominence between more absolutist and less absolutist modes of rulership. This produced a distinctive style of rule that modern students have come to call Ming despotism. It proved a capriciously absolutist pattern for Chinese government into our own time. [1, 2,3]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Hucker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472038125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472038121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Charles Hucker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943335723263,"sku":"9780472038121","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_75e14bc4-9dba-4fac-82ed-e482712b0558.jpg?v=1681497540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ming-dynasty-charles-hucker-9780472038121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}