000929421 000__ 04432cam\a2200565\i\4500 000929421 001__ 929421 000929421 005__ 20210515192230.0 000929421 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000929421 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000929421 008__ 200429s2020\\\\njuab\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000929421 010__ $$a 2019022975 000929421 019__ $$a1142763353 000929421 020__ $$a0691195447$$q(electronic book) 000929421 020__ $$a9780691195445$$q(electronic book) 000929421 020__ $$z9780691181684 000929421 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1112788479 000929421 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1112788479$$z(OCoLC)1142763353 000929421 035__ $$a929421 000929421 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cDLC$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF$$dEBLCP$$dP@U$$dYDX$$dJSTOR$$dN$T$$dK6U$$dDEGRU$$dOCLCQ$$dUPM 000929421 042__ $$apcc 000929421 043__ $$aa-cc---$$ae-ur--- 000929421 049__ $$aISEA 000929421 05004 $$aDS740.5.R8$$bU73 2020eb 000929421 08200 $$a957/.7$$223 000929421 1001_ $$aUrbansky, Sören,$$eauthor. 000929421 24510 $$aBeyond the steppe frontier :$$ba history of the Sino-Russian border /$$cSören Urbansky. 000929421 264_1 $$aPrinceton [New Jersey] :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c[2020] 000929421 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages)$$billustrations, maps. 000929421 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000929421 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000929421 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000929421 4901_ $$aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 000929421 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000929421 50500 $$tA Note on Translation, Romanization, and Dates --$$tIntroduction --$$t1. Cossacks and Bannermen on the Argun Frontier --$$t2. Railroads, Germs, and Gold --$$t3. Revolutions without Borders --$$t4. The Soviet State at the Border --$$t5. An Open Steppe under Lock and Key --$$t6. Staging Friendship at the Barbed-Wire Fence --$$t7. Invisible Enemies across the Frozen River --$$t8. Watermelons and Abandoned Watchtowers --$$tConclusion --$$tNotes --$$tBibliography --$$tIllustration Credits --$$tIndex 000929421 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000929421 520__ $$a"Over two thousand miles long, the boundary between Russia and China is the world's longest land border. Though sometimes considered a backwater, the border region was always of critical geopolitical importance and has a fascinating history. Not only did this border divide the two largest Eurasian empires, it was also the place where European and Asian civilizations met, where nomads and settled peoples mingled, where the imperial interests of Russia, China, and Japan clashed, and where both conflicts and gestures of friendship between the world's largest Communist regimes were staged. This book is a history of this border from the late nineteenth century until the fall of the Soviet Union. The border has undergone a remarkable transformation since the late nineteenth century. As late as the 1920s, Russian, Chinese, and native worlds were intricately interwoven in the region, and the frontier was barely regulated. By the end of the twentieth century, however, the two countries had succeeded in cutting kin, cultural, economic, and religious connections between the two sides through deportation, forced assimilation, and nationalist propaganda campaigns. Only with the collapse of the Soviet Union would China and Russia reopen the border, but even today the line between countries demarcates two distinct regions with remarkably different worldviews and cultures. Drawing on sources in seven languages, including extensive archival research, interviews, and oral histories, Urbansky stresses the significant role of the local population in supporting, or more often undermining, the two states' border-making efforts"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000929421 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000929421 650_0 $$aBorderlands$$zChina$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000929421 650_0 $$aBorderlands$$zRussia$$xHistory. 000929421 650_0 $$aBorderlands$$zSoviet Union$$xHistory. 000929421 651_0 $$aChina$$xBoundaries$$zRussia. 000929421 651_0 $$aChina$$xBoundaries$$zSoviet Union. 000929421 651_0 $$aRussia$$xBoundaries$$zChina. 000929421 651_0 $$aSoviet Union$$xBoundaries$$zChina. 000929421 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aUrbansky, Sören.$$tBeyond the steppe frontier.$$dPrinceton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2020]$$z9780691181684$$w(DLC) 2019022974 000929421 830_0 $$aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. 000929421 852__ $$bcoll 000929421 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000929421 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2218635$$zOnline Access 000929421 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:929421$$pGLOBAL_SET 000929421 980__ $$aEBOOK 000929421 980__ $$aBIB 000929421 982__ $$aEbook 000929421 983__ $$aOnline 000929421 994__ $$a92$$bISE