Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: kenneth swope

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  • EARLY MODERN EAST ASIA
    KENNETH M. SWOPE
    This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early modern East Asia. Focusing primarily on maritime connections, the book explores the importance of international trade networks, the implications of technological dissemination, and the often unforeseen consequences of missionary efforts. It demonstrates the benefi ts of a global history ...

    $1,360.00

  • WARFARE IN CHINA SINCE 1600
    KENNETH SWOPE
    Warfare has shaped the modern history of China more than any other single factor. This book brings together the best recent English language scholarship on warfare in China over the last four centuries and situates warfare within the broader sweep of China's modern historical development. ...

    $1,240.00

  • THE MILITARY COLLAPSE OF CHINA'S MING DYNASTY, 1618-44
    KENNETH M. SWOPE
    This book examines the military collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty to a combination of foreign and domestic foes. The Ming’s defeat was a highly surprising development, not least because as recently as in the 1590s the Ming had managed to defeat a Japanese force considered to be perhaps the most formidable of its day when the latter attempted to subjugate Korea en-route to a plan...

    $1,260.00