Peace, War, and Trade Along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction Through Two Millennia

by Sechin Jagchid and Van Jay Symons

Book Overview

In 1577, during a great court debate over the formulation of china's policy toward its nomadic neighbors, the Ming scholar-official Feng Feng-shih observed: "When there are markets and tribute, there is no war." For two millennia, tension between nomad and chinese along China's northern frontier threatened to erupt into war, and for two millennia, the essential element determining whether peace or war existed was trade. This fascinating book tells...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253331870
• ISBN13: 9780253331878
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher