Battlefronts real and imagined : war, border, and identity in the Chinese middle period
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Battlefronts real and imagined : war, border, and identity in the Chinese middle period
（The new Middle Ages）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
1st ed
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War, border, and identity in the Chinese middle period
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Don J. Wyatt
- Fathoming Consort Xian: negotiated power in the Liang, Chen, and Sui dynasties / Sherry J. Mou
- Provincial autonomy and frontier defense and in late Tang: the case of the Lulong Army / David A. Graff
- The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao border / Peter Lorge
- In pursuit of the great peace: Wang Dan and the early Song evasion of the "just war" doctrine / Don J. Wyatt
- Hidden time, hidden space: crossing borders with occult ritual in the Song military / M. A. Butler
- Frustrated empires: the Song-Tangut Xia war of 1038-44 / Michael C. McGrath
- "Treacherous factions:" shifting frontier alliances in the breakdown of Sino-Vietnamese relations on the eve of the 1075 border war / James A. Anderson
- From battlefields to counties: war, border, and state power in Southern Song Huainan / Ruth Mostern
- People in the middle: Uyghurs in the northwest frontier zone / Michael C. Brose
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection examines the cultural and intellectual dimensions of war and its resolution between Han Chinese and the various ethnically dissimilar peoples surrounding them during the crucial 'middle period' of Chinese history.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Don J. Wyatt * Fathoming Consort Xian: Negotiated Power in the Liang, Chen, and Sui Dynasties - Sherry J. Mou * Frontier Defense and Provincial Autonomy in Late Tang: The Case of the Lulong Army - David A. Graff * The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao Border - Peter Lorge * In Pursuit of the Great Peace: Wang Dan and the Early Song Evasion of the aEUROoeJust WaraEURO Doctrine - Don J. Wyatt * Hidden Time, Hidden Space: Crossing Borders with Occult Ritual in the Song Military - M. A. Butler * Frustrated Empires: The Song aEURO' Tangut Xia War of 1037aEURO'1044 - Michael C. McGrath * aEUROoeTreacherous FactionsaEURO : Shifting Frontier Alliances in the Breakdown of Sino-Vietnamese Relations on the Eve of the 1075 Border War - James A. Anderson * From Battlefields to Counties: War, Border, and State Power in Southern Song Huainan - Ruth Mostern * People in the Middle: Uyghurs in the Northwest Frontier Zone - Michael C. Brose
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