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Beyond the Amur|Victor Zatsepine

Beyond the Amur : Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, 1850-1930

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Beyond the Amur describes the distinctive frontier society that emerged in the Amur, a river region that shifted between Qing China and imperial Russia as the two empires competed for resources. Official histories depict the Amur as a distant battleground caught between rival empires. Zatsepine, by contrast, views it as a unified natural economy populated by Chinese, Russian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Manchu, and Mongol people who crossed the border in search of work or trade and who came together to survive a harsh physical environment. This colorful account of a region and its people highlights the often overlooked influence of frontier developments on state politics and imperial policies and histories.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780774834094
  • ISBN-10: 0774834099
  • Publisher: UBC Press
  • Publish Date: February 2017
  • Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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