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- The Country of Streams and Grottoes: Expansion, Settlement, and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times
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- 1987
- Published by: Harvard University Asia Center Publications Program
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A study of the Han expansion in southern Sichuan during the Song dynasty. It seeks to discover the economic forces and political relationships that produced a characteristic regional society and landscape out of the meeting of two unlike civilizations and especially to demonstrate how pressures from the centers of Han power and culture affected life on the frontier.
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- Title, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-vi
- A Note on Romanization
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part I: The Setting
- 1 The Civilization of the Forest
- pp. 11-38
- Part II: Opening the Frontier
- 5 Political Hegemony in the Frontier Zone
- pp. 105-142
- Part III: Closing the Frontier
- 8 A Cycle of Frontier Expansion
- pp. 203-224
- Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- pp. 223-224
- Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography
- pp. 271-272
- Bibliography
- pp. 273-288
Additional Information
ISBN
9781684172603
Related ISBN(s)
9780674175433
MARC Record
OCLC
1227050419
Pages
338
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-01
Language
English
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No
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