Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce) by Yang, Bin

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231142540)

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Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce) by Yang, Bin

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce)

$75.00
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce) by Yang, Bin

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce)

$75.00
Format: Hardcover
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Between Winds and Clouds tells the two-thousand-year history of Yunnan, an ethnic frontier bordered by Tibet, mainland Southeast Asia, and southwest China. Yunnan's prime geographic location turned the site into a center of cross-regional trade, and consequently, it became a desirable conquest for Eurasian rivals.

Bin Yang details the fight for military control of Yunnan and its demographic, administrative, and economic transformation into a local entity. In conclusion, he discusses the impact of Yunnan's imperial legacy on modern state building, or, conversely, the way in which the modern state has contributed to the development of imperial discourse. Deploying a unique cross-regional approach, Yang brings the activities of Southeast and East Asia, Tibet, the Indian Ocean, and modern Europe to bear on the history of Yunnan, emphasizing both the local and the international forces that played a role in the region's long-term transformation.

Author: Bin Yang
ISBN-10: 0231142544
ISBN-13: 9780231142540
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
By Bin Yang
By Bin Yang
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Bin Yang is assistant professor of history at the National University of Singapore. His research interests cross temporal, geographical, and disciplinary boundaries and focus on Chinese ethnic and frontier studies in a broad context.

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