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Author: Jonathan Karam Skaff (Professor of History and Director of International Studies, Professor of History and Director of International Studies, Shippensburg University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9780190886974
ISBN 10: 0190886978
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 26 April 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
It is impossible to gain an accurate understanding of medieval Chinese history without reference to the steppe peoples to the north and northwest of the East Asian Heartland. Jonathan Skaff's book, with its unabashedly comparative and cross-disciplinary approach, remarkably comprehensive coverage, and minutely detailed treatment, masterfully achieves this integrationist goal, without losing sight of institutional traditions and ethnic realities. * Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania * This book offers a powerful rethinking of Tang China's relations with its neighbors. Where earlier analysts saw profound cultural differences between the Chinese and their nomadic rivals, Skaff brilliantly and persuasively demonstrates that a shared set of Eurasian cultural patterns underlay all their actions. Must reading for anyone interested in China's place in world history. -Valerie Hansen, Yale University Skaff has written a sophisticated study of Sui-Tang China and its northern and western neighbors that were active in the eastern half of Eurasia. * CHOICE *
Skaff has written a sophisticated study of Sui-Tang China and its northern and western neighbors that were active in the eastern half of Eurasia. --CHOICE This book offers a powerful rethinking of Tang China's relations with its neighbors. Where earlier analysts saw profound cultural differences between the Chinese and their nomadic rivals, Skaff brilliantly and persuasively demonstrates that a shared set of Eurasian cultural patterns underlay all their actions. Must reading for anyone interested in China's place in world history. -Valerie Hansen, Yale University It is impossible to gain an accurate understanding of medieval Chinese history without reference to the steppe peoples to the north and northwest of the East Asian Heartland. Jonathan Skaff's book, with its unabashedly comparative and cross-disciplinary approach, remarkably comprehensive coverage, and minutely detailed treatment, masterfully achieves this integrationist goal, without losing sight of institutional traditions and ethnic realities. --Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania
Author Information
Jonathan Karam Skaff is Professor of History and Director of International Studies at Shippensburg University.
