Boundaries - demanding physical space, enclosing political entities, and distinguishing social or ethnic groups - constitute an essential aspect of historical i

The question of boundaries - physical or political - has become fertile ground in the analysis of Chinese history and society. These essays cover the early deca

Visual images are everywhere in international politics. But how are we to understand them? In Sensible Politics, William A. Callahan uses his expertise in theor

In Reshaping the Frontier Landscape: Dongchuan in Eighteenth-century Southwest China, Fei HUANG examines the process of reshaping the landscape of Dongchuan, a

Demanding and offering tribute is a most common feature in human societies and nothing special to China. In the course of the development of Neolithic and later