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Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, written by Victor Zatsepine

Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, written by Victor Zatsepine Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, 1850–1930. Vancouver: UCB Press. 2017. 240pp. $80.00. ISBN 978-0-7748-3409-4 (hardback)In a relatively short monograph, Victor Zatsepine takes on a major undertaking. Focusing on a remote yet strategic region astride two major empires, Beyond the Amur recounts the history of the Amur River basin over which Qing China and the Russian Empire competed to secure their borders and tap into vast natural resources.Zatsepine’s book is a well-balanced account that draws on both Russian and Chinese historical sources. If Beyond the Amur is not the first history of Manchuria, it is unique in that both sides are given equal weight. Straddling both Russian studies and Sinology, the book is essentially the history of an encounter between two dramatically different ‘civilisations’.After a short introduction setting the physical and human context to the eight decades 1850–1930, the book opens with the geographical backdrop to the unfolding events. If this approach appears to follow a well-trodden narrative path, Zatsepine makes a compelling case here: the difficult environment directly shaped relations between China and Russia. The Amur’s unforgiving climate and rough terrain compelled both governments and individuals to adapt: unstable rivers and harsh winters required local http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Inner Asia Brill

Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, written by Victor Zatsepine

Inner Asia , Volume 20 (1): 4 – Apr 16, 2018

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1464-8172
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2210-5018
DOI
10.1163/22105018-12340102
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Beyond the Amur: Frontier Encounters Between China and Russia, 1850–1930. Vancouver: UCB Press. 2017. 240pp. $80.00. ISBN 978-0-7748-3409-4 (hardback)In a relatively short monograph, Victor Zatsepine takes on a major undertaking. Focusing on a remote yet strategic region astride two major empires, Beyond the Amur recounts the history of the Amur River basin over which Qing China and the Russian Empire competed to secure their borders and tap into vast natural resources.Zatsepine’s book is a well-balanced account that draws on both Russian and Chinese historical sources. If Beyond the Amur is not the first history of Manchuria, it is unique in that both sides are given equal weight. Straddling both Russian studies and Sinology, the book is essentially the history of an encounter between two dramatically different ‘civilisations’.After a short introduction setting the physical and human context to the eight decades 1850–1930, the book opens with the geographical backdrop to the unfolding events. If this approach appears to follow a well-trodden narrative path, Zatsepine makes a compelling case here: the difficult environment directly shaped relations between China and Russia. The Amur’s unforgiving climate and rough terrain compelled both governments and individuals to adapt: unstable rivers and harsh winters required local

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Published: Apr 16, 2018

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