The author employs anthropology and history to analyze the relationship between China and the tribal peoples of Inner Asia. Barfield explains why, in spite of their small numbers and poorly developed economies, the tribal nomads established large empires that threatened the security of China.
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The author employs anthropology and history to analyze the relationship between China and the tribal peoples of Inner Asia. Barfield explains why, in spite of their small numbers and poorly developed economies, the tribal nomads established large empires that threatened the security of China.
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VG, ex-library. Stamped text block, flyleaf, pocket in back. Pages clean and tight. Illustrated dj; black cloth, silver gilt on spine. xiii, 325 pages: illustrations. Series: Studies in social discontinuity. Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-312) and index. 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.
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