Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm
Subtitle: China in Tigers` Jaws
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: January 21, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780300075533
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1600 to c 1700; China - History; History; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; China; Asia - China; History / General; Historical - General
First sentence: THE TIGER IS ALL but extinct in China today, but in earlier centuries the animal was greatly feared by people who lived in or traveled through sparsely populated areas.