More Than the Great Wall

The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368–1644

John W. Dardess (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

572 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3510-5 (ISBN)

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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of how Ming China’s emperors, officials, and commanders in the field thought, argued, and made decisions as they worked to defend their country. John Dardess immerses readers in their day-to-day world as he explores the question of how leaders kept their country safe for 276 years.

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Ming China’s pursuit of national security along its 1,700 miles of northern frontier. Drawing on a wealth of original sources, John Dardess vividly portrays how Ming China’s emperors, officials, and commanders in the field thought, argued, and made decisions in real time as they worked to defend their country. Despite common perceptions of the central role of the so-called Great Wall of China, Dardess convincingly shows that the wall was but a minor piece in a much bigger effort to battle Tatar looting. Dardess immerses readers in the day-to-day world of the Ming as he explores the question of how leaders kept their country safe over the 276 years the dynasty ruled.

John W. Dardess (1937–2020) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Kansas. His books include Ming China, 1368–1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire; Governing China, 150–1850; A Political Life in Ming China: A Grand Secretary and His Times; and Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China.

Introduction

1 Laying the Foundations: Taizu, r. 1368–98

2 Defensive Buildup, Offensive Thrust: Yongle, r. 1403–24

3 A Zenith of Peace? Xuande, r. 1426–35

4 Troubles Mount: Zhengtong, r. 1436–49

5 Emperor in Captivity: Zhengtong, r. 1449–50

6 Recuperation: Jingtai, r. 1450–57 183

7 A Surge in Violence: Tianshun, r. 1457–64

8 No Respite: Chenghua, r. 1465–87

9 The Stresses Intensify: Hongzhi, r. 1487–1505

10 A Warrior Emperor: Zhengde, r. 1505–21

11 Fortress China: Jiajing, r. 1521–67

12 Peace Dawns! Longqing, r. 1567–72

13 First Peace, Then Militancy: Wanli, r. 1572–1620

14 The Last Frontier: Liaodong, r. 1573–1627

Cast of Principal Characters

Notes

Key Sources

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2019
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 233 mm
Gewicht	930 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5381-3510-8 / 1538135108
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-3510-5 / 9781538135105
Zustand	Neuware