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Between Winds and Clouds

The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

Between Winds and Clouds( )
Author: Yang, Bin
Series title:Gutenberg-E Ser.
ISBN:978-0-231-14254-0
Publication Date:Nov 2008
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $124.95
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:350
Detailed Subjects: History / Asia / China
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.65 x 2.38 x 0.28 cm
Book Weight:0.698 Kilograms



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