David M. Robinson

Ming China and its Allies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is for anyone interested in the Mongol Empire, Chinese history, and the ways politicians exploit historical memory to win legitimacy at home and abroad. David M. Robinson shows that even the world's most powerful rulers such as the Ming emperor needed allies and were willing to pay for them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781108489225
• ISBN-10: 1108489222
• Artikelnr.: 57017816

Autorenporträt

David M. Robinson, with reports by J. Parkhouse, H.S. Owen-John, B.E. Vyner and D.W.H. Allen

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, 1. Zhu Di's march to power in a Chinggisid world
2. Search for control
3. Mongol nobles at the Ming court
4. Tumu crisis in a Eurasion context: struggle for the Chinggisid mantle
5. Tumu crisis (II) allies and commensurability
Conclusion.