Inner Asian Frontiers of ChinaThis book, first published in 1940 by the American Geographical Society in its International Research Series, has remained the classic study of the Central Asian region of China from ancient times to the period immediately prior to World War II. In particular, Lattimore examines the effect of the region's frontier status on its history and development. The book is based on extensive travel and research throughout the region as well as on exhaustive reading in Chinese, Russian, Mongolian and English sources. |
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Contents
China and Its Marginal Territories | 3 |
Historical Problems of the Inner Asian Frontier | 18 |
The Loess Region and the Origins | 27 |
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| Title | Inner Asian Frontiers of China Volume 21 of American Geographical Society. Research series Volume 130 of Beacon paperbacks International research series Issue 21 of Research series, American Geographical Society of New York |
| Author | Owen Lattimore |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195827813, 9780195827811 |
| Length | 585 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / China History / Asia / General History / United States / General Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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