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China's rapid political and economic advances in Central Asia and Russia : hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 16, 2013
| China's rapid political and economic advances in Central Asia and Russia : hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 16, 2013 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 63 pages) |
| Soggetto topico | Geopolitics - Asia, Central |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | China's rapid political and economic advances in Central Asia and Russia |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704637903321 |
| Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ginkgo Village : Trauma and Transformation in Rural China
| Ginkgo Village : Trauma and Transformation in Rural China |
| Autore | Jacka Tamara |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Australia : , : ANU Press, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Disciplina | 951/.6035 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - China
Social change - China |
| ISBN |
9781760466428
9781760466411 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of illustrations -- Map 1 Location of Xin County and Ginkgo Village -- Map 1.1 Ginkgo Village, including only those hamlets named in the book -- Table 1.1 Cast of characters -- Plate 1.1 Hamlet with pond -- Plate 1.2 Two dragon-gate roof frames -- Plate 1.3 Roadside shrine and paddy field -- Plate 1.4 Garbage collection, main road -- Plate 3.1 Embroidered insoles from the Maoist era -- Plate 3.2 Loom in local museum -- Plate 3.3 Spinning wheel in local museum -- Plate 4.1 Harrowing with a water buffalo -- Plate 4.2 Transplanting rice -- Plate 5.1 The guo qiao ritual -- Plate 5.2 Going to a funeral -- Plate 6.1 Drying canola seeds on a hamlet road -- Plate 6.2 Inside a roadside shrine. From left to right: Grandmother Earth God, Grandfather Earth God, the Goddess of Mercy, the Maiden Who Brings Children and the God of Wealth -- Plate 7.1 Popo’s kitchen stove -- Plate 7.2 Two yanglou -- Plate 7.3 Yang Yurong in her kitchen -- Plate 9.1 Doorway with new duilian and door gods -- Plate 9.2 Family altar with New Year sacrifices -- Language and naming conventions -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Ginkgo Village, Xin County -- 2. Ghosts -- 3. Weaving lives -- 4. The good earth -- 5. Two funerals |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910866588603321 |
Jacka Tamara
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| Australia : , : ANU Press, , 2024 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sui-Tang China and its Turko-Mongol neighbors [[electronic resource] ] : culture, power and connections, 580-800 / / Jonathan Karam Skaff
| Sui-Tang China and its Turko-Mongol neighbors [[electronic resource] ] : culture, power and connections, 580-800 / / Jonathan Karam Skaff |
| Autore | Skaff Jonathan Karam |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 951/.017 |
| Collana | Oxford studies in early empires |
| Soggetto topico |
Balance of power - History - To 1500
Borderlands - China - History - To 1500 Borderlands - Asia, Central - History - To 1500 Mongols - Asia, Central - History - To 1500 Turkic peoples - Asia, Central - History - To 1500 Nomads - Asia, Central - History - To 1500 |
| ISBN |
0-19-999627-X
0-19-987590-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Maps, Figures, and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Conventions of Transliteration and Translation""; ""Introduction: The China-Inner Asia Frontier as World History""; ""I. METHOD AND THEORY""; ""II. CHINA-INNER ASIA RELATIONS""; ""A. Eurasian Diplomacy""; ""B. Sui-Tang Cosmopolitanism""; ""C. Identity and Power: Patrimonialism""; ""D. China-Inner Asia Borderlands""; ""E. Environment""; ""F. Warfare""; ""PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND""; ""1. Eastern Eurasian Geography, History, and Warfare""; ""I. ECOLOGY OF EASTERN EURASIA""
""II. SUI-TANG EMPIRES""""III. TURKO-MONGOL ECONOMY AND SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION""; ""IV. EASTERN EURASIAN BALANCE OF POWER""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""2. China-Inner Asian Borderlands: Discourse and Reality""; ""I. CONCEPTS OF “BARBARIANS�""; ""II. BORDERLAND COMPLEXITIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART TWO: EASTERN EURASIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE""; ""3. Power through Patronage: Patrimonial Political Networking""; ""I. PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS IN INNER ASIA AND NORTH CHINA""; ""II. SUI-TANG PATRON-CLIENT NETWORKS""; ""III. IMPERIAL PATRIMONIALISM""; ""IV. HORIZONTAL ALLIANCES"" ""V. LOYALTY IDEALS OF MILITARY MEN""""CONCLUSION""; ""4. Ideology and Interstate Competition""; ""I. EURASIAN IMPERIAL SPACE""; ""II. EASTERN EURASIAN LEGITIMACY""; ""III. IDEOLOGICAL COMPETITION AND CONVERGENCE""; ""IV. EDUCATION AND IDEOLOGICAL EXCHANGE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5. Diplomacy as Eurasian Ritual""; ""I. RITUALS OF DIPLOMACY""; ""II. INVESTITURE AS SYMBOLIC SUBORDINATION""; ""CONCLUSION: EURASIAN DIPLOMACY IN PERSPECTIVE""; ""PART THREE: NEGOTIATING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS""; ""6. Negotiating Investiture""; ""I. INVESTITURE OF OUTER CLIENTS"" ""II. TANG APPOINTMENT OF BRIDLE OFFICIALS""""III. FORMALIZATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""7. Negotiating Kinship""; ""I. POLITICAL MARRIAGES""; ""II. FICTIVE KINSHIP""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""8. Horse Trading and Other Material Bargains""; ""I. PASTORAL NOMADIC LIFE UNDER TURKO-MONGOL RULE""; ""II. PASTORAL NOMADIC LIFE UNDER SUI-TANG RULE""; ""III. TANG HORSE SYSTEM AND THE HORSE TRADE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""9. Breaking Bonds""; ""I. ENVIRONMENT""; ""II. PATRIMONIAL POLITICS""; ""III. RITUALS OF SEVERANCE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Conclusion: Beyond the Silk Roads""; ""I. CULTURE"" ""II. POWER""""III. CONNECTIONS""; ""CODA""; ""Appendices""; ""APPENDIX A: ATTACKS ON NORTH CHINA PREFECTURES""; ""APPENDIX B: NORTH CHINA POPULATION FROM HAN THROUGH NORTHERN SONG DYNASTIES""; ""APPENDIX C: TANG NORTHERN PREFECTURES""; ""APPENDIX D: CHINESE DYNASTIES AND PERIODS MENTIONED IN TEXT""; ""APPENDIX E: NORTHERN ZHOU, SUI, AND TANG EMPERORS OF CHINA AND TURKIC RULERS OF MONGOLIA AND/OR INNER MONGOLIA""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""I. PRIMARY SOURCES""; ""II. SECONDARY SOURCES AND TRANSLATIONS""; ""Index with Chinese Character Glossary" |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996201617103316 |
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Skaff Jonathan Karam
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| New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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