{"product_id":"beyond-the-amur-9780774834100","title":"Beyond the Amur","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Amur charts the pivotal role that an overlooked frontier river region and its environment played in Qing China’s politics and Sino-Russian relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those interested in Sino-Russian relations or Northeast Asia generally, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Amur\u003c\/em\u003e provides considerable background on a huge, yet still largely undocumented, region. More generally, it serves as a reminder that our current world of highly securitised borders, with strict control of passage, is relatively recent and perhaps anomalous.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Peter Gordon * Asian Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Amur\u003c\/i\u003e is an enjoyable read, with stories of informal networks across the border, of the individuals whose life stories usually remain outside official narratives… The book will be of interest of historians of border zones and to historians of Russia and China as well as to the general reader. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Anna Belogurova, Freie Universität * Pacific Affairs, Volume 91, No. 4 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy employing a cross-border perspective, Zatsepine's monograph is refreshing, as most previous studies have limited their scope to one side of the river.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sören Urbansky, German Historical Institute * Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 A River Runs through It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 They Came from Everywhere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Fur, Gold, and Local Trade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Imperial Russian Expansionism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Chinese Migrants in Frontier Towns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 A Railway Runs through It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Conflict and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Fading Frontiers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Chronology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Chinese Terms\u003c\/p\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738453848407,"sku":"9780774834100","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774834100.jpg?v=1720048573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-the-amur-9780774834100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}