{"product_id":"reluctant-pioneers-chinas-expansion-northward-16441937-studies-of-the-weatherhead-east-asian-institute-studies-of-the-weatherhead-east-asian-institute-columbia-university-9780804751674","title":"Reluctant Pioneers Chinas Expansion Northward","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReluctant Pioneers\u003c\/i\u003e describes the migration of Chinese to Manchuria, their settlement there, and the incorporation of Manchuria into an expanding China, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unlike the US or Russia, China's historical development in recent centuries has not conventionally been associated with frontier expansionism. Reardon-Anderson . . . rectifies that oversight in this clearly organized exceptionally well written study of Manchuria's agrarian development over the course of three centuries.\"\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"James Reardon-Anderson makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on the frontiers of China.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This ambitious and elegant book covers a subject of vast scope.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents for            Reluctant Pioneers          List of Illustrations          List of Tables          Abbreviations          Acknowledgments          Introduction          Part One. Land          Introduction to Part One           1.        The Manorial Experiment (1644-1740)           2.        From Manor to Market (1740-1850)           3.        The Advance of the Qing (1850-1911)          Analysis          Part Two. People          Introduction to Part Two           4.        Sojourners           5.        Networks           6.        Refugees          Analysis          Part Three. Economy          Introduction to Part Three           7.        Commerce and Trade (1644-1903)           8.        A Tale of Two Cities: Newchwang and Dairen (1903-22)           9.        Agriculture: Innovation and Devleopment?          Analysis          Conclusion          Glossary of Chinese Terms          Works Cited          Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405561897303,"sku":"9780804751674","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751674.jpg?v=1730492839","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reluctant-pioneers-chinas-expansion-northward-16441937-studies-of-the-weatherhead-east-asian-institute-studies-of-the-weatherhead-east-asian-institute-columbia-university-9780804751674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}