Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China
Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China | Rare and modern books | Dardess John D.
Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China
Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China | Rare and modern books | Dardess John D.
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- Author
- Dardess John D.
- Publishers
- Rowman & Littlefield 2016
- Keyword
- CINA China Chine
- Binding description
- S
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- As New
- Binding
- Softcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
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Description
8vo, br. ed. 268. Richly researched and engagingly written, this important history of imperial China shows in fascinating detail how Emperor Jiajing and his grand secretaries governed. Drawing on a treasure trove of the grand secretaries' personal writings, John W. Dardess's narrative brings to life the inner workings of the largest polity on the face of the earth.