The Country of Streams and Grottoes: Expansion, Settlement, and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times

(Book #123 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)

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Until the Song dynasty, the mountains and rocky gorges of Sichuan were inhabited primarily by forest peoples. Increased settlement by Han Chinese farmers from the rice-growing plains altered the landscape, changed the balance of power among tribes, and adapted Han custom to new conditions. This book describes how the remote Luzhou area of Sichuan became fully integrated into Chinese civilization.

First colonized under private auspices, the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674175433

ISBN13:9780674175433

Release Date:February 1988

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:305 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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The Country of Streams and Grottoes: Expansion, Settlement, and the Civilizing of the Sichuan Frontier in Song Times

(Book #123 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)

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