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The Resource Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history, Nicola Di Cosmo

Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history, Nicola Di Cosmo

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Relations between Inner Asian nomads and Chinese are a continuous theme throughout Chinese history. By investigating the formation of nomadic cultures, by analyzing the evolution of patterns of interaction along China's northern frontiers, and by exploring how this interaction was recorded in early Chinese historiography, this book explores the origins of the cultural and political tensions between these two civilizations through the first millennium BC. The main purpose of the book is to analyze ethnic, cultural, and political frontiers between nomads and Chinese in the historical contexts that led to their formation, and to look at cultural perceptions of 'others' as a function of the same historical process. Based on both archaeological and textual sources, this book also introduces a new methodological approach to Chinese frontier history, which combines extensive factual data with a careful scrutiny of the motives, methods, and general conception of history that informed the Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (ix, 369 pages)
Contents
  • Steppe Highway: Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon
  • Bronze, Eron and Gold: Evolution of nomadic cultures on the Northern frontier of China
  • Beasts and birds: Historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples
  • Walls and horses: Beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states
  • Those who draw the bow: Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads
  • From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement
  • In search of grass and water: Ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records
  • Taming the North: Rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion
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9780511034145
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Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history
Title
Ancient China and its enemies
Title remainder
the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history
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Nicola Di Cosmo
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Language
eng
Summary
Relations between Inner Asian nomads and Chinese are a continuous theme throughout Chinese history. By investigating the formation of nomadic cultures, by analyzing the evolution of patterns of interaction along China's northern frontiers, and by exploring how this interaction was recorded in early Chinese historiography, this book explores the origins of the cultural and political tensions between these two civilizations through the first millennium BC. The main purpose of the book is to analyze ethnic, cultural, and political frontiers between nomads and Chinese in the historical contexts that led to their formation, and to look at cultural perceptions of 'others' as a function of the same historical process. Based on both archaeological and textual sources, this book also introduces a new methodological approach to Chinese frontier history, which combines extensive factual data with a careful scrutiny of the motives, methods, and general conception of history that informed the Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien
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1957-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Di Cosmo, Nicola
Dewey number
931
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DS741.3
LC item number
.D5 2002eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • China
  • HISTORY
  • China
  • Grenzkonflikt
  • Nomade
  • Geschiedschrijving
  • Tsjow
  • Nomader
  • China
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Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history, Nicola Di Cosmo
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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rdacontent
Contents
Steppe Highway: Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon -- Bronze, Eron and Gold: Evolution of nomadic cultures on the Northern frontier of China -- Beasts and birds: Historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples -- Walls and horses: Beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states -- Those who draw the bow: Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads -- From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement -- In search of grass and water: Ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records -- Taming the North: Rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion
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56124976
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (ix, 369 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9780511034145
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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maps
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not applicable
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unknown
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remote
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(OCoLC)56124976
Label
Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history, Nicola Di Cosmo
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Steppe Highway: Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon -- Bronze, Eron and Gold: Evolution of nomadic cultures on the Northern frontier of China -- Beasts and birds: Historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples -- Walls and horses: Beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states -- Those who draw the bow: Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads -- From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement -- In search of grass and water: Ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records -- Taming the North: Rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion
Control code
56124976
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (ix, 369 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780511034145
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
maps
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)56124976

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