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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
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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