Beyond the Steppe Frontier : : A History of the Sino-Russian Border / / Sören Urbansky.
The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation’s remarkable transformation—from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 35 b/w illus. 4 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Translation, Romanization, and Dates
- Introduction
- 1. Cossacks and Bannermen on the Argun Frontier
- 2. Railroads, Germs, and Gold
- 3. Revolutions without Borders
- 4. The Soviet State at the Border
- 5. An Open Steppe under Lock and Key
- 6. Staging Friendship at the Barbed-Wire Fence
- 7. Invisible Enemies across the Frozen River
- 8. Watermelons and Abandoned Watchtowers
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index