Political Frontiers Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History.

Political Frontiers Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History.

The question of boundaries - physical or political - has become fertile ground in the analysis of Chinese history and society. These essays cover the early decades of the Zhou dynasty to the early centuries after the Manchu conquest.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957-
Other Authors: Wyatt, Don J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:
Human geography > China.
Ethnology > China.
Ethnology
Human geography
China
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Table of Contents:
  • BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF DYNASTIES; INTRODUCTION; 1 TOWARD A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ZHOUYUAN DURING THE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY; 2 MAPPING A "SPIRITUAL" LANDSCAPE; 3 ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY; 4 DEEP EYES AND HIGH NOSES; 5 RAIDING AND FRONTIER SOCIETY IN THE FIVE DYNASTIES; 6 "FELT YURTS NEATLY ARRAYED, LARGE TENTS HUDDLE CLOSE"; 7 THE INVENTION OF THE NORTHERN SONG; 8 THE MU'EGE KINGDOM; 9 TRAVELER'S VOCATION; 10 CHANGING SPACES OF EMPIRE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY QING CHINA; 11 KIRGHIZ NOMADS ON THE QING FRONTIER.

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