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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von Glahn, Richard, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 123.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 123

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279.

China.

Sichuan Sheng (China)--History.

Sichuan Sheng (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Expansion, Settlement, and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1987.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [273]-287.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: The Country of Streams and Grottoes: Expansion, Settlement, and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times,

ISBN:

9781684172603

9780674175433

OCLC:

795306088

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172603 DOI

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