The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China, 221 BC to AD 1757ISBN: 978-1-55786-324-9
Paperback
348 pages
July 1992, Wiley-Blackwell
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Editor's Preface.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Notes on Transliterations.
1. Introduction: The Steppe Nomadic World.
2. The Steppe Tribes United: The Hsiung-nu Empire.
3. The Collapse of Central Order: The Rise of Foreign Dynasties.
4. The Turkish Empires and T'ang China.
5. The Manchurian Candidates.
6. The Mongol Empire.
7. Steppe Wolves and Forest Tigers: The Ming, Mongols and Manchus.
8. The Last of the Nomad Empires: The Ch'ing Incorporation of Mongolia and Zungharia.
9. Epilogue: On the Decline of the Mongols.
Bibliography.
Index.
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