The Price of Collapse: The Little Ice Age and the Fall of Ming China

by Timothy Brook

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history's mighty empires

In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the truth is far more profound. The Price of Collapse provides an entirely new approach to the economic and social history of China, exploring how global climate crisis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691250405
• ISBN13: 9780691250403
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"