The perilous frontier : nomadic empires and China / Thomas J. Barfield.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in social discontinuity.
Main Author: Barfield, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1950-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : B. Blackwell, 1992.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Series:Studies in social discontinuity.
Subjects:
Nomads > Asia, Central > History.
Asia, Central > Relations > China.
China > Relations > Asia, Central.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The steppe nomadic world
  • The steppe tribes united; the Hsiung-nu Empire
  • The collapse of the central order: the rise of foreign dynasties
  • The Turkish Empires and T'ang China
  • The Manchurian candidates
  • The Mongol Empire
  • Steppe wolves and forest tigers: the Ming, Mongols, and Manchus
  • The last of the nomad empires: the Ch'ing incorporation of Mongolia and Zungharia
  • Epilogue: On the decline of the Mongols.