Beyond the Amur

Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, 1850–1930

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Av Victor Zatsepine

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Beyond the Amur describes the distinctive frontier society that developed in the Amur, a river region that shifted between Qing China and Imperial Russia as the two empires competed for natural resources. Although official imperial histories depict the Amur as a distant battleground between rival empires, this colourful history of a region and its people tells a different story.Drawing on both Russian and Chinese sources, Victor Zatsepine shows that both empires struggled to maintain the border. But much to the chagrin of imperial administrators, various peoples – Chinese, Russian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Manchu, and Mongol – moved freely across it in pursuit of work and trade, exchanging ideas and knowledge as they adapted to the harsh physical environment.By viewing the Amur as a unified natural economy caught between two empires, Zatsepine highlights the often-overlooked influence of regional developments on imperial policies and the importance of climate and geography to local, state, and imperial histories.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2017-10-01
  • Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
  • Vikt340 g
  • FormatHäftad
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieContemporary Chinese Studies
  • Antal sidor240
  • FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
  • ISBN9780774834100