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Nr. 145 (2017) Rezensionen 116–18 {:en}Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb: Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia 1590–2010 Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern SiberiaNew York: Columbia University Press, 2014. 336 S., 150,00 USD Frontiers, or borderlands, can connote a boundary line which separates two states from one another. But more often, they refer to a broader and more diffuse zone or place where different cultures mingle and meet. This is particularly true when dealing with lands where national … von by Hang Lin
Nr. 141 (2016) Rezensionen 112–13 {:en}K. Warikoo (ed.): Xinjiang: China’s Northeast FrontierOxon/New York: Routledge, 2016. 211 S., 90,00 GBP Due to its geo-strategic position and its ethnic-religious complexity, Xinjiang has always been China’s vital hub of trans-Asian trade and traffic. Historically, Xinjiang as a frontier region was understood by the Chinese dynastic imagination as the edge of civilization and source of threat. The PRC adheres in … von by Hang Lin