LEADER 03857nam 22006852 450 001 9910812679503321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a0-511-08326-2 010 $a1-107-11907-3 010 $a1-280-15901-4 010 $a0-511-11830-9 010 $a0-511-04077-6 010 $a0-511-15717-7 010 $a0-511-30259-2 010 $a0-511-51196-5 010 $a0-511-04938-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000583 035 $a(EBL)201429 035 $a(OCoLC)475914912 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12458902 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10834669 035 $a(PQKB)10459672 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000103247 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121896 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103247 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069838 035 $a(PQKB)11773863 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511511967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10006789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15901 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000583 100 $a20090312d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAncient China and its enemies $ethe rise of nomadic power in East Asian history /$fNicola Di Cosmo$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-54382-7 311 $a0-521-77064-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-359) and index. 327 $aSteppe Highway: Rise of Pastoral Nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon -- Bronze, Eron and Gold: Evolution of nomadic cultures on the Northern frontier of China -- Beasts and birds: Historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples -- Walls and horses: Beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states -- Those who draw the bow: Rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads -- From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement -- In search of grass and water: Ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records -- Taming the North: Rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought Conclusion. 330 $aRelations 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. 517 3 $aAncient China & its Enemies 607 $aChina$xHistory$yTo 221 B.C 676 $a931.04 700 $aDi Cosmo$b Nicola$f1957-$0674257 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812679503321 996 $aAncient China and its enemies$91284244 997 $aUNINA