The People between the Rivers : the rise and fall of a Bronze Drum Culture, 200-750 CE

1. Verfasser: Churchman, Catherine, 1975- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016].
Umfang/Format: xvii, 247 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Asia/Pacific/perspectives
ISBN: 9781442258600
Schlagworte:
Indigenous peoples > China > Pearl River Region > History > To 1500.
Indigenous peoples > Red River Region (China and Vietnam) > History > To 1500.
Bronze drum > China > Pearl River Region > History > To 1500.
Bronze drum > China > Red River Region (China and Vietnam) > History > To 1500.
Social archaeology > China > Pearl River Region.
Social archaeology > Red River Region (China and Vietnam)
Pearl River Region (China) > Antiquities.
Red River Region (China and Vietnam) > Antiquities.
Pearl River Region (China) > Social life and customs.
Red River Region (China and Vietnam) > Social life and customs.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • A note on transcription and referencing systems
  • Chinese dynasties
  • Digging up drums
  • The Two Rivers and the lands between : a geographical outline
  • Why are the Li and Lao? : the shifting meanings of ethnonyms
  • "Masters of their small domains" : local and imported traditions of leadership
  • "To overawe the Li and Lao" : attempts at military conquest
  • Gold, silver, snakes, and slaves : highland-lowland trade relations
  • Last of the bronze drum chiefs : the rise and fall of the great families
  • Glossary.

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