Ancient China and Its Enemies
Author: Nicola Di Cosmo
Translator: Jae-jeong Lee
Publisher: Hwanggeumgaji
Hardcover / 535 pages
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About This Book
The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
Relations between Inner Asian nomads and Chinese are a continuous theme
throughout Chinese history, reaching particularly dramatic dimensions with the
Mongol (1279-1368) and Manchu (1644-1912) conquests. Nicola Di Cosmo's study is
part of a wave of new, revisionist scholarship made possible by important recent
archaeological findings in China, Mongolia, and Central Asia that can now be
compared to the historical record. In Ancient China and Its Nomadic Enemies, Di
Cosmo explores the origins of the cultural and political tensions along China's
northern frontiers through the first millennium B.C. Di Cosmo places the rise of
pastoral nomadism to the North of China within the context of a larger
phenomenon rising from the steppes of Central Asia. In doing so, he analyzes the
ethnic, cultural, and political frontiers between nomads and Chinese and
considers the cultural perceptions of "others" within a historical context. Di
Cosmo assesses the work of Ssu-ma Ch'ien, the "Grand Historian" who wrote the
first narrative of the northern nomads in Chinese history, by scrutinizing his
motives, methods, and interpretation. Ancient China and Its Nomadic Enemies's
new interpretation of well-known historical events will intrigue ancient history
scholars, China historians, and archaeologists. Nicola Di Cosmo is Lecturer of
Chinese History at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Until recently, he was Associate Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History in
the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.
He has published articles in a number of academic journals and is the Book
Review Editor for the Inner Asia section of the Journal of Asian Studies and
Editor in Charge of the Inner Asian section of the Journal of East Asian
Archaeology.
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