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Informationen zum Autor Nicola Di Cosmo is Senior Lecturer in Chinese History at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand). Klappentext Investigates the origins of the antagonism between early China and its 'barbarian' northern neighbours. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive 2002 history of the northern frontier of China in the first millennium B.C.! this work explores the tensions existing between the sedentary Chinese and the northern nomads. It was the first study to investigate the origins of the antagonism between early China and its 'barbarian' neighbors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I: 1. The Steppe Highway: the rise of pastoral nomadism as a Eurasian phenomenon; 2. Bronze, iron and gold: the evolution of nomadic cultures on the northern frontier of China; Part II: 3. Beasts and birds: the historical context of early Chinese perceptions of northern peoples; 4. Walls and horses: the beginning of historical contacts between horse-riding Nomads and Chinese states; Part III: 5. Those who draw the bow: the rise of the Hsiung-nu Nomadic Empire and the political unification of the Nomads; 6. From peace to war: China's shift from appeasement to military engagement; Part IV: 7. In search of grass and water: ethnography and history of the North in the Historian's Records; 8. Taming the North: the rationalization of the nomads in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's historical thought; Conclusion.
