Shifting Sands: Landscape, Memory, and Commodities in China's Contemporary Borderlands

by Xiaoxuan Lu

China's land borders, shared with fourteen other nations, are the world's longest. Like all borders, they are not just lines on a map but also spaces whose histories and futures are defined by their frontier status. An ambitious appraisal of China's borderlands, Shifting Sands addresses the full scope and importance of these regions, illustrating their transformation from imperial backwaters to hotbeds of resource exploitation and human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147732755X
• ISBN13: 9781477327555
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.1"