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UNINA9910163924103321 |
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Autore |
Zatsepine Victor |
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Titolo |
Beyond the Amur : frontier encounters between China and Russia, 1850-1930 / / Victor Zatsepine |
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Vancouver ; ; Toronto : , : UBC Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-7748-3412-9 |
0-7748-3411-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Contemporary Chinese studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grenzkonflikt |
Migration |
Handel |
HISTORY / Asia / China |
Amur River Region (China and Russia) History 19th century |
Amur River Region (China and Russia) History 20th century |
Amour, Région de l' (Chine et Russie) Histoire 19e siècle |
Amour, Région de l' (Chine et Russie) Histoire 20e siècle |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A river runs through it -- They came from everywhere -- Fur, gold, and local trade -- Imperial Russian expansionism -- Chinese migrants in frontier towns -- A railway runs through it -- Conflict and war -- Fading frontiers. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Beyond the Amur describes the distinctive frontier society that emerged in the Amur, a river region that shifted between Qing China and imperial Russia as the two empires competed for resources. Official histories depict the Amur as a distant battleground caught between rival empires. Zatsepine, by contrast, views it as a unified natural economy populated by Chinese, Russian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Manchu, and Mongol people who crossed the border in search of work or trade and who came together to survive a harsh physical environment. This colourful account of a region and its people |
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