TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ng, Chin Keong
AB  - Using the concept of boundaries, physical and cultural, to understand the development of China’s maritime southeast in late Imperial times, these linked essays by a senior scholar challenge the usual readings of Chinese history from the centre. The book begins with the boundaries between “us” and “them”, Chinese and other, during this period, including the rise of state systems. It looks at the challenges to such demarcations posed by movements of people, goods and ideas across maritime East Asia and the broader Asian Seas, and builds a fresh understanding of China’s boundaries.  Of interest to students of migration, of Chinese history, and of relations between China and its region, Ng’s analysis provides crucial background to understanding China within Asia’s maritime world. The result is a novel way of approaching Chinese history, argued from a fresh perspective on China’s relations with neighbouring territories, and of the nature of tradition and its persistence in a changing world.
DO  - 10.26530/oapen_627433
ID  - OAPEN ID: 627433
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 984997974
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31504
KW  - History
KW  - China
KW  - South China Sea
KW  - Maritime History
KW  - Fujian
KW  - Guangzhou
KW  - Junk (ship)
KW  - Ming dynasty
KW  - Portuguese people
KW  - Qing dynasty
KW  - Xiamen
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31504/1/627433.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31504/1/627433.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31504/1/627433.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31504/1/627433.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31965
PB  - National University of Singapore Press
PP  - Singapore
PY  - 2017
SN  - 9789814722445
TI  - Boundaries and Beyond : China's Maritime Southeast in Late Imperial Times
ER  - 
