Chinese history in geographical perspective / / edited by Jeff Kyong-McClain and Yongtao Du

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 951
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - China - History
• Soggetto geografico: China Historical geography; China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644; China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912; China History Republic, 1912-1949
• Altri autori: Kyong-McClainJeff DuYongtao <1970->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CHINESE HISTORY IN GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Contested Terrain of a Geographical Entity; 1. Early Modern Mapping at the Qing Court: Survey Maps from the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong Reign Periods; 2. Kangxi's Auspicious Empire: Rhetorics of Geographic Integration in the Early Qing; 3. De-civilizing Ming China's Southern Border: Vietnam as Lost Province or Barbarian Culture; 4. The Geography of Dragon Boat Racing in Late Imperial China ; 5. Writing Personalized Local History during the Late Ming and the Ming-Qing Transition: The Case of a Ming Loyalist6. An Ambush of Tigers: A Socio-Ecological History of the Ming-Qing Fujian Tiger Menace; 7. The New Frontier: Zhuang Xueben and Xikang Province; 8. Native-Place Ties in Transnational Networks: Overseas Chinese Nationalism and Fujian's Development, 1928-1941; 9. A Preliminary Investigation of the Urban Morphology of Towns of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; 10. Spatial Analysis and GIS Modeling of Regional Religious Systems in China: Conceptualization and Initial Experiments ; Epilogue: What Is a Geographical Perspective on China's History?Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume treats "China" first and foremost as an evolving and imagined geographical entity. The contributors explore China's last five hundred years of history using geography as a lens through which to approach such issues as sports, ethnography, cartography, religion, elite and popular culture, transnational networking, urban planning, and politics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese history in geographical perspective
• ISBN: 1-299-31616-6; 0-7391-7231-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964349703321
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