Between winds and clouds: the making of Yunnan (second century BCE to twentieth century CE)

Yang, Bin

Bin Yang

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
- Introduction
- The Evolution and Uses of Yunnan (Yunnan-Guizhou) and Xi'nan
  - Official and Academic Deployment of the Terms and the Ensuing Debates
  - Yunnan: A Chinese Invention
- A Frontier Point of View: The Incorporation of Yunnan
- A Global Perspective on a Local Past
- Sources and Structure
Chapter 2 The Southwest Silk Road: Yunnan in a Global Context
- Introduction
- Historical Yunnan: Crossroad of China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Tibet
- General Overview of the Southwest Silk Road
- The Genesis of the Yunnan-Burma-India Road
  - Tracing the Origins of Trade Materials
  - Text, Tribute, and Trade: Further Evidence for the Yunnan-Burma-India Road
  - Trade and the Emergence of Cities
- The Yunnan-Vietnam Path
- The Yunnan-Tibet Path
- The SSR in the Yuan-Ming-Qing Period and After
- The Horse Trade: A Case Study of the SSR
- Three Silk Roads: Network of Eurasian Communication
- Conclusion
Chapter 3 Military Campaigns against Yunnan: A Cross-Regional Analysis
- Introduction
- Yunnan and the Making of the Qin Empire
- Western Han China's “Rediscovery” of Yunnan
- The Southern Expedition by Zhuge Liang
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Nanzhao, Tang China, and Tubo
  - Introduction
  - Before the Romance: Nanzhao's Unification of Five Zhao
  - Struggle for the Eastern Cuan
  - The Nanzhao-Tubo Alliance
  - Nanzhao's Expansion
- Rereading Medieval Nanzhao
- Dali and Song: Not Enemies nor Subjects
  - Introduction
  - Song Trading in Warhorses
  - The Mongol Conquest of Dali
- The Ming's Military Victory over Yunnan
- Conclusion
Chapter 4 Rule Based on Native Customs
- Introduction
- The Frontier Commandery (Bianjun) System
- Enriching the Shu-Han: Myth and History
- Nanzhao and Dali: Out of China
- The Tripod Administrative System of the Mongols
  - Seizing Power
  - Recruiting Local Help: The Native Chieftain System and Other Mongol Legacies
- Removing the Duans and Installing the Mus
- The Institutionalization of the Native Chieftain System
  - The Yuan and the Ming: Strategies for Institutionalization
  - The Struggle for Wuding
  - The Native Chieftain System: A Civilizing Instrument
- The Decline of the Native Chieftain System in the Qing Period
- Conclusion
Chapter 5 Sinicization and Indigenization: The Emergence of the Yunnanese
- Introduction
- Indigenous Peoples and Customs According to Li Jing
- Chinese Immigration to Yunnan: A Historical Review
- Han Chinese Migrations and Population in Yunnan during the Ming Period
- Sinicization of the Indigenous Population
  - Introduction
  - The Expansion of the Han Regime in Urban and Rural Yunnan
  - Confucian Education: Imperial Schools and Degree Holders
  - Impact of Confucianism on the Indigenes
- Forces of Indigenization
  - Paradigms of Sinicization and Barbarization
  - Indigenization before the Thirteenth Century
  - The Adoption of Native Economic Institutions
  - The Survival of Native Cultures and Their Influence on the Chinese
- The Middle Ground: Yunnan as a Process
- The Emergence of the Yunnanese (Yunnanren)
- Local Identity and Chinese Identity
- Conclusion
Chapter 6 Silver, Cowries, and Copper: Economic Reorientation
- Introduction
- Silver Mining in Yunnan and the Ming Economy
- The Cowry Money System in Yunnan: A Global Analysis
  - Understanding Cowry Money: Its Origins, Uses, and Paths of Circulation
  - Regulating Cowry Money
  - Demise of Cowry Money
  - The World-System Reading of the Collapse of the Cowry Money
- Chinese Immigration and Population in the Qing Period
  - Comparing the Ming and Qing Periods
  - Qing Expansion Into Yunnan: Agricultural and Urban Development
  - Patterns of Growth: Population, Economy, Agriculture, and Industry
- The Copper Administration and the Qing Monetary System
  - Origins of Copper Mining in Yunnan
  - The Import and Decline of Japanese Copper
  - The Copper Mining Boom in Yunnan
  - The Qing Administration of Copper (Tongzheng)
- Testing Skinner's Macroregion
- Conclusion
Chapter 7 Classification into the Chinese National Family
- Introduction
- From Barbarians to Imperial Subjects to Younger Brothers
- Controversies over Minzu Identification
- Minzu Identification in Yunnan
  - The First Stage, 1949-1953
  - The Second Stage, 1954-1963
  - The Formula of Chinese Nationality: 56 = 1
- The Soviet Model: Problems with Application
- Problems with Implementation of Minzu Identification
- Localizing the Project: Local Governments, Ethnic Units, and Ethnic Elites
- Imperial Legacies in Minzu Construction
- Creating the Chinese Nation (Zhonghuaminzu): Theories and Processes
- Conclusion
Conclusion
- Introduction
- A Global Perspective into a Frontier Past
- A Cyclical Accumulative Chinese Penetration
- Frontier Expansion in Late Imperial China
- Local Identity and the Chinese Identity
Notes
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Southwest Silk Road: Yunnan in a Global Context
- Chapter 3 Military Campaigns against Yunnan: A Cross-Regional Analysis
- Chapter 4 Rule Based on Native Customs
- Chapter 5 Sinicization and Indigenization: The Emergence of the Yunnanese
- Chapter 6 Silver, Cowries, and Copper: Economic Reorientation
- Chapter 7 Classification into the Chinese National Family
- Conclusion
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