Designing boundaries in early China : the composition of sovereign space / Garret Pagenstecher Olberding, University of Oklahoma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olberding, Garret P. S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Boundaries--History.

China.

China--Politics and government.

China--Territorial expansion--History.

China--Historical geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Ancient Chinese walls, such as the Great Wall of China, were not sovereign border lines. Instead, sovereign space was zonally exerted with monarchical powers expressed gradually over an area, based on possibilities for administrative action. The dynamically shifting, ritualized articulation of early Chinese sovereignty affects the interpretation of the spatial application of state force, including its cartographic representations. In Designing Boundaries in Early China, Garret Pagenstecher Olberding draws on a wide array of source materials concerning the territorialization of space to make a compelling case for how sovereign spaces were defined and regulated in this part of the ancient world. By considering the ways sovereignty extended itself across vast expanses in early China, Olberding informs our understanding of the ancient world and the nature of modern nation-states.

Contents:

I. Preamble

II. The basis of ancient borders

III. The visual modeling of space in text and map

IV. Movement and geography

V. The perception of the "state": the internal definition of sovereign space

VI. The perception of the "enemy": the external definition of sovereign space

VII. Transgressions: rupturing the boundaries between sovereignties

VIII. Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Olberding, Garret Pagenstecher Designing Boundaries in Early China

ISBN:

1-009-08406-2

1-009-08426-7

1-009-07586-1