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Author	Churchman, Catherine, 1975- author
Title	The people between the rivers : the rise and fall of a bronze drum culture, 200-750 CE / Catherine Churchman
Imprint	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
	©2016

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS	OPACMSG	BARCODE
Fu Ssu-Nien WTN LANG BK	DS793.P437 C563 2016	AVAILABLE		30530001251719
CAPAS-in ET lib.	DS793.P437 C47 2016	AVAILABLE		30620020147509

Descript	xvii, 247 pages : maps ; 24 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Series	Asia/Pacific/perspectives
	Asia/Pacific/perspectives
Note	"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
	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
Link	Online version: Churchman, Catherine, 1975- author. People between the rivers Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781442258617 (DLC) 2016019695
Subject	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

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