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Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history

Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history (Loan 8 times)

Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957-
Title Statement
Ancient China and its enemies : the rise of nomadic power in East Asian history / Nicola Di Cosmo.
Publication, Distribution, etc
Cambridge, UK ;   New York :   Cambridge University Press,   2002.  
Physical Medium
ix, 369 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN
0521770645
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-359) and index.
Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name
China -- History -- To 221 B.C.
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300 ▼a ix, 369 p. : ▼b maps ; ▼c 24 cm.
504 ▼a Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-359) and index.
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651 4 ▼a China ▼x History ▼y Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C.
651 4 ▼a China ▼x History ▼y Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. ▼x Historiography.

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Contents information

Book Introduction

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 frontiers, and by exploring how this interaction was recorded in historiography, this looks at 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 2002 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.

This 2002 book investigates the origins of the antagonism between early China and its 'barbarian' northern neighbours.


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Author Introduction

니콜라 디코스모(지은이)

이탈리아 베니스 대학교에서 중국사를 전공했으며 케임브리지 대학교 객원 연구원을 거쳐 하버드 대학교에서 강의 하면서 중국과 북아시아 및 내륙아시아 유목민들의 관계사를 전문적으로 연구했다. 2005년 현재 미국 프린스턴 대학교 역사 연구소에서 루스 재단 석좌 교수로 재직 중이다. 지은 책으로 <서북 지방에서 온 보고서 : 카슈가르의 만주 연대기>, <1616년부터 1626년까지의 만주-몽골 관계 문헌사>등이 있다.

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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. The Steppe Highway: the rise of pastoral nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon; 2. Bronze, iron and gold: the evolution of nomadic cultures on the northern frontier of China; Part II: 3. Beasts and birds: the historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples; 4. Walls and horses: the beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states; Part III: 5. Those who draw the bow: the rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads; 6. From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement; Part IV: 7. In search of grass and water: ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records; 8. Taming the North: the rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought; Conclusion.


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