The Cambridge History of China: Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1

This volume in The Cambridge History of China is devoted to the history of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Frederick W. Mote (Edited by), Denis Twitchett (Edited by)

9780521243322, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 February 1988

1004 pages, 31 maps 1 table
23.8 x 16.7 x 6.2 cm, 1.54 kg

"The editors and authors of this monumental work are to be congratulated for a heroic accomplishment." Edward L. Farmer, American Historical Review

This volume in The Cambridge History of China is devoted to the history of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), with some account of the three decades before the dynasty's formal establishment, and for the Ming courts that survived in South China for a generation after 1644. Volume 7 deals primarily with the political developments of the period, but it also incorporates background in social, economic, and cultural history where this is relevant to the course of events. The Ming period is the only segment of later imperial history during which all of China proper was ruled by a native, or Han, dynasty. The volume provides the largest and most detailed account of the Ming period in any language. Summarizing all modern research, both in Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages, the authors have gone far beyond a summary of the state of the field, but have incorporated original research on subjects that have never before been described in detail.

General editor's preface
List of maps and table
Preface to volume 7
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Ming weights and measures
Genealogy of the Ming imperial family
Ming dynasty emperors
Introduction Frederick W. Mote
1. The rise of the Ming dynasty, 1330–67 Frederick W. Mote
2. Military origins of Ming China Edward L. Dreyer
3. The Hung-wu reign, 1368–98 John D. Langlois, Jr.
4. The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns, 1399–1435 Hok-Lam Chan
5. The Cheng-t'ung, Ching-t'ai, and T'ien-shun reigns, 1436–64 Denis Twitchett
6. The Ch'eng-hua and Hung-chih reigns, 1465–1505 Frederick W. Mote
7. The Cheng-te reign, 1506–21 James Geiss
8. The Chia-ching reign, 1522–66 James Geiss
9. The Lung-ch'ing and Wan-li reigns, 1567–1620 Ray Huang
10. The T'ai-ch'ang, T'ien-ch'i, and Ch'ung-chen reigns, 1620–44 William Atwell
11. The Southern Ming, 1644–62 Lynn A. Struve
12. Historical writing during the Ming Wolfgang Franke
Bibliographic notes
Bibliography
Glossary index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]