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The people between the rivers : the rise and fall of a bronze drum culture, 200-750 CE
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"Presents a history of the societies in the south of China known variously as Li and Lao who lived in the lands between the Red and Pearl Rivers in the first millennium CE, a period in which they p...
"Presents a history of the societies in the south of China known variously as Li and Lao who lived in the lands between the Red and Pearl Rivers in the first millennium CE, a period in which they produced the largest collection of bronze kettledrums known in the world"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Catherine Churchman
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Physical Details
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- xvii, 247 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1442258616, 9781442258600, 1442258608, 9781442258617
- OCLC
- ocn945028450
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- A note on transcription and referencing systems -- Chinese dynasties -- Introduction -- Digging up drums -- The Two Rivers and the lands between : a geographical outline -- Why are the Li and Lao? : the shifting meanings of ethnonyms -- "Masters of their small domains" : local and imported traditions of leadership -- "To overawe the Li and Lao" : attempts at military conquest -- Gold, silver, snakes, and slaves : highland-lowland trade relations -- Last of the bronze drum chiefs : the rise and fall of the great families -- Conclusion -- Glossary
Subjects
- Pearl River Region (China) -- Antiquities.
- Red River Region (China and Vietnam) -- Antiquities.
- Indigenous peoples -- China -- Pearl River Region -- History -- To 1500.
- Indigenous peoples -- Red River Region (China and Vietnam) -- History -- To 1500.
- Bronze drum -- China -- Pearl River Region -- History -- To 1500.
- Bronze drum -- China -- Red River Region (China and Vietnam) -- History -- To 1500.
- Social archaeology -- China -- Pearl River Region.
- Social archaeology -- Red River Region (China and Vietnam)
- Pearl River Region (China) -- Social life and customs.
- Red River Region (China and Vietnam) -- Social life and customs.