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The Nomad's Choice: North Asian Nomads Facing the Han Empire
Based on the research results and thinking approaches of anthropology on nomadic societies, combined with the research methods of history, philology, geography and other disciplines, Professor Wang Mingke investigated the early nomadic societies in northern China - the Xiongnu, Xiqiang, Xianbei and Wuhuan in the Han Dynasty. It mainly explores the environmental ecology, animal ecology and breeding, economic activities, social organization, relationship between nomadic and settled groups of the t
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The Edge of China: Historical Memory and Ethnic Identity
"The Edge of China" is a blockbuster study by the famous scholar Wang Mingke that discusses the ethnic identity and historical development of the Chinese nation. It provides a new way to answer "What is Chinese?" Wang Mingke believes that "when we draw a circle on a piece of paper, it is actually its 'edge' that makes it look like a circle." He regards "China" as the human ecology in long-term history, and the "edge of China" is not only an edge in time and geography, but also an edge in identit
17Reads9.1Score—Shelves