China has emerged as a dominant power in Eurasian affairs that not only exercises significant political and economic power, but increasingly, ideational power t

From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious milit

This volume examines the role of objects in the region north of early dynastic state centers, at the intersection of Ancient China and Eurasia, a large area tha

This volume looks at the effects of interaction and the nature of identity construction in a frontier or contact zone through the analysis of material culture,

The purpose of this book is to examine the strategies and practices of the Han Chinese Nationalists vis-à-vis post-Qing China’s ethnic minorities, as well as