Title: Beyond the Amur
Description: "Beyond the Amur describes the distinctive frontier society that emerged in the Amur, a river region that shifted between Qing China and imperial Russia as the two empires competed for resources. Official histories depict the Amur as a distant battleground caught between rival empires. Zatsepine, by contrast, views it as a unified natural economy populated by Chinese, Russian, Indigenous, Japanese, Korean, Manchu, and Mongol people who crossed the border in search of work or trade and who came together to survive a harsh physical environment. This colourful account of a region and its people highlights the often overlooked influence of frontier developments on state politics and imperial policies and histories."--
Subjects: China, foreign relations, soviet union, Russia (federation), foreign relations, China, social conditions, Russia (federation), social conditions, Amur river (china and russia), China, history, 19th century, Russia (federation), history, History