This book explores new directions in the study of China’s borderlands. In addition to assessing the influential perspectives of other historians, it engages i

"This book explores new directions in the study of China's borderlands. In addition to assessing the influential perspectives of other historians, it engages in

This book discusses the nature of China’s current international reassertion of itself and the thinking and attitudes which lie behind it. It argues that the C

This book challenges the long-established structure of Chinese history around dynasties, adopting a more "organic" approach which emphasises cultural and econom

This region - which marks the meeting of China and post-Soviet Central Asia - is increasingly important militarily, economically and geographically. Yet we know