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The military collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 / by Kenneth M. Swope.
Van Pelt Library DS753.65 .S93 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swope, Kenneth, 1969-
- Series:
- Asian states and empires
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History--Li Zicheng Rebellion, 1628-1645.
- China.
- History.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China--History, Military--960-1644.
- History, Military.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Contents:
- A gauntlet is cast down: the rise of the Latter Jin, 1618-1621
- Changing tides: from defeat to stability in the northeast, 1622-1626
- Pursuing a forward strategy: Yuan Chonghuan's rise and fall, 1626-1630
- Dashing defiers and dastardly defenders: the peasant rebels gain strength & the northeastern front weakens, 1630-1636
- Miscasting a ten sided net: Yang Sichang ascendant, 1636-1641
- Hanging by a silken thread: the Ming armies collapse, 1641-1643
- Chongzhen's lament: my ministers have abandoned me! (winter-spring 1644)
- The fall of the Ming from a global perspective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415449278
- 9780415449274
- OCLC:
- 457164518
- Publisher Number:
- 99955060996
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