num_pages: 288
description: 1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Chinese: 萬曆十五年; pinyin: Wanli Shiwunian) is Chinese historian Ray Huang's most famous work. First published by Yale University Press in 1981,[1] it examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming empire. The views expressed in the book follow the macro history perspective.
language: English
title: 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
titlecomplete: 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
genres: Social Science, Historical, Asia, Politics, Nonfiction, China, World History, Medieval, 16th Century, History
ratings_count: 1289
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History (Hardcover) (1982) & (Paperback)
publisher: Yale University Press