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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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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page vii)
  • Introduction (page 1)
  • Part I
    • 1 The Steppe Highway: The Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian Phenomenon (page 13)
    • 2 Bronze, Iron, and Gold: The Evolution of Nomadic Cultures on the Northern Frontier of China (page 44)
  • Part II
    • 3 Beasts and Birds: The Historical Context of Early Chinese Perceptions of the Northern Peoples (page 93)
    • 4 Walls and Horses: The Beginning of Historical Contacts between Horse-Riding Nomads and Chinese States (page 127)
  • Part III
    • 5 Those Who Draw the Bow: The Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the Political Unification of the Nomads (page 161)
    • 6 From Peace to War: China's Shift from Appeasement to Military Engagement (page 206)
  • Part IV
    • 7 In Search of Grass and Water: Ethnography and History of the North in the Historian's Records (page 255)
    • 8 Taming the North: The Rationalization of the Nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Historical Thought (page 294)
  • Conclusion (page 313)
  • Glossary (page 319)
  • Select Bibliography (page 335)
  • Index (page 361)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
HJAS 63.2 (Dec. 2003): 516-523 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25066718
BSOAS 67.3 (2004): 417-419 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4145817
JAS 62.4 (Nov. 2003): 1234-1235 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3591784
IHR 27.3 (Sep. 2005): 581-582 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40109609
TP 89.4/5 (2003): 458-466 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4528945
JRASS 13.2 (Jul. 2003): 266-269 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25188375
AHR 108.4 (Oct. 2003): 1116-1117 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529802
Citable Link
Published: c2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780511083266 (ebook)
  • 9780521543828 (paper)
  • 9780521770644 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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