Full name: 1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

Author: Ray Huang Year: 1981 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780300028843 0300028849

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. Similar books: A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors by Ann Paludan Treason by the Book by Jonathan D. Spence Mao's China and After by Maurice Meisner The Great Wall by John Man Imperial China by F. W. Mote The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence The Gate of Heavenly Peace by Jonathan D. Spence Tombstone by Yang Jisheng Understanding China by John Bryan Starr The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence China by Edward L. Shaughnessy Hungry Ghosts by Jasper Becker The Early Chinese Empires by Mark Edward Lewis Soulstealers by Philip A. Kuhn Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer