"Between Winds and Clouds" tells the two-thousand-year history
of Yunnan, an ethnic frontier bordered by Tibet, mainland Southeast
Asia, and southwest China. Yunnan's prime geographic location
turned the site into a center of cross-regional trade, and
consequently, it became a desirable conquest for Eurasian
rivals.
Bin Yang details the fight for military control of Yunnan and
its demographic, administrative, and economic transformation into a
local entity. In conclusion, he discusses the impact of Yunnan's
imperial legacy on modern state building, or, conversely, the way
in which the modern state has contributed to the development of
imperial discourse. Deploying a unique cross-regional approach,
Yang brings the activities of Southeast and East Asia, Tibet, the
Indian Ocean, and modern Europe to bear on the history of Yunnan,
emphasizing both the local and the international forces that played
a role in the region's long-term transformation.
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