On the Edge : : Life along the Russia-China Border /

On the Edge : : Life along the Russia-China Border / / Caroline Humphrey, Franck Billé.

A pioneering examination of history, current affairs, and daily life along the Russia–China border, one of the world’s least understood and most politically charged frontiers. The border between Russia and China winds for 2,600 miles through rivers, swamps, and vast taiga forests. It’s a thin line o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Billé, Franck,
Humphrey, Caroline,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Maps
  • Note on Language and Spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. Border Spaces
  • 2. Standoff in the Border River
  • 3. Making a Living in the Cross-Border Economy
  • 4. Indigenous Peoples of the Borderlands
  • 5. Friends, Foes, and Kin across the Border
  • 6. Resources and Environment
  • 7. Bright Lights across the Amur
  • Coda: Bridging the Gap?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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