The Ming Dynasty: Its Origins and Evolving Institutions

In the latter half of the fourteenth century, at one end of the Eurasian continent, the stage was not yet set for the emergence of modern nation-states. At the other end, the Chinese drove out their Mongol overlords, inaugurated a new native dynasty called Ming (1368-1644), and reasserted the mastery of their national destiny. It was a dramatic era of change, the full significance of which can only be perceived retrospectively.With the establishment of the Ming dynasty, a major historical tension rose into prominence between more absolutist and less absolutist modes of rulership. This produced a distinctive style of rule that modern students have come to call Ming despotism. It proved a capriciously absolutist pattern for Chinese government into our own time. [1, 2,3]

Author: Charles Hucker
Publisher: U of M Center for Chinese Studies
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 105
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9780472038121
ISBN10: 0472038125
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | China
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General

About the Author
Charles O. HUCKER was Professor Emeritus of Chinses and of History at the University of Michigan.