The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
By: edited by Frederick W. Mote and Denis Twitchett. Part I.
Contributors: Twitchett, Denis Crispin.; Mote, Frederick W., 1922-
Series: Cambridge history of China -- volume 7; Cambridge history of China -- v. 7.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge (Eng.); New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 976
Subjects: China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
Notes: Includes index.

General editors : Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank.

Bibliography: p. 816-859.
Table of contents: value: The rise of the Ming dynasty, 1330-1367 / Frederick W. Mote; value: Military origins of Ming China / Edward L. Dreyer; value: The Hung-wu reign, 1368-1398 / John D. Langlois; value: The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns, 1399-1435 / Hok-Lam Chan; value: The Cheng-t'ung, Ching-t'ai, and T'ien-shun reigns, 1436-1464 / Denis Twitchett and Tilemann Grimm; value: The Ch'eng-hua and Hung-chih reigns, 1465-1505 / Frederick W. Mote; value: The Cheng-te reign, 1506-1521 / James Geiss; value: The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566 / James Geiss; value: The Lung-ch'ing and Wan-li reigns, 1567-1620 / Ray Huang; value: The T'ai-ch'ang, T'ien-ch'i, and Ch'ung-chen reigns, 1620-1644 / William Atwell; value: The Southern Ming, 1644-1662 / Lynn A. Struve; value: Historicalwriting during the Ming / Wolfgang Franke.