The country of streams and grottoes : : expansion, settlement, and the civilizing of the Sichuan frontier in Song times /

The country of streams and grottoes : : expansion, settlement, and the civilizing of the Sichuan frontier in Song times / / Richard von Glahn.

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 123
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Von Glahn, Richard.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1987.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1987.
Year of Publication:1987
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 123.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Setting
  • The Civilization of the Forest
  • Han Society in Sichuan's Turbulent Frontier
  • Opening the Frontier
  • Salt and the Settling of the Sichuan Frontier
  • "A Stolen Peace": Frontier Expansion Under the New Laws
  • Political Hegemony in the Frontier Zone
  • Closing the Frontier
  • Civilizing the Frontier (I): Settlement and Social Control
  • Civilizing the Frontier (II): Farming and Commerce
  • A Cycle of Frontier Expansion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes
  • Abbreviations Used in the Bibliography
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs.

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