| Description |
1 online resource (x, 338 pages) |
| Series |
Gutenberg-e series |
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Gutenberg (e)
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The southwest Silk Road -- Military campaigns against Yunnan -- Rule based on native customs -- Sinicization and indigenization -- Silver, cowries, and copper -- Classification into the Chinese national family -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Between Winds and Clouds tells the two-thousand-year history of Yunnan, an ethnic frontier bordered by Tibet, mainland Southeast Asia, and southwest China. Yunnan's prime geographic location turned the site into a center of cross-regional trade, and consequently, it became a desirable conquest for Eurasian rivals. Bin Yang details the fight for military control of Yunnan and its demographic, administrative, and economic transformation into a local entity. In conclusion, he discusses the impact of Yunnan's imperial legacy on modern state building, or, conversely, the way in which the modern state has contributed to the development of imperial discourse. Deploying a unique cross-regional approach, Yang brings the activities of Southeast and East Asia, Tibet, the Indian Ocean, and modern Europe to bear on the history of Yunnan, emphasizing both the local and the international forces that played a role in the region's long-term transformation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Yunnan Sheng (China) -- History
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China -- Yunnan Sheng
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231512305 |
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0231512309 |
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