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091|  |▼aI561.4▼25
100|  |▼aHuang, Ray.
245|  |▼a1587 : a year of no signific-
   |  |ance : the Ming dynasty in dec-
   |  |line.▼cby Ray Huang.
260|  |▼aLondon▼bYale University Press▼c1982
300|  |▼a293 pages▼c24cm.
500|  |▼aIn 1587, the Year of the Pig-
   |  |, nothing very special happene-
   |  |d in China. Yet in the seeming-
   |  |ly unspectacular events of thi-
   |  |s ordinary year, Ray Huang fin-
   |  |ds exemplified the roots of Ch-
   |  |ina\'s perennial inability to a-
   |  |dapt to change.
650|  |▼aChina
650|  |▼aHistory
650|  |▼aMing dynasty