An important, original study of the (previously denied) cultural contribution of the barbarians to China, and of the trade northward. Focuses on the Han period.
The pastoral tribes on China's northern borders played a major role in the cultural development of China during antiquity. By the first millenium B.C., the regi
This monograph uses the latest archaeological results from Mongolia and the surrounding areas of Inner Asia to propose a novel understanding of nomadic statehoo
The question of boundaries - physical or political - has become fertile ground in the analysis of Chinese history and society. These essays cover the early deca
Relations between Inner Asian nomads and Chinese are a continuous theme throughout Chinese history. By investigating the formation of nomadic cultures, by analy