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Taming China's Wilderness - Immigration, Settlement and the Shaping of the Heilongjiang Frontier, 1900-1931 (Paperback)
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Taming China's Wilderness - Immigration, Settlement and the Shaping of the Heilongjiang Frontier, 1900-1931 (Paperback)
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Until the beginning of the twentieth century, the Chinese province
of Heilongjiang, historically known as Northern Manchuria, remained
a sparsely populated territory on the northeastern frontier. For
about two centuries, the rulers of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) -
whose historical homeland was in Manchuria - enforced a policy that
prohibited Chinese immigration and settlement and maintained the
region's reputation as the Great Northern Wilderness. Yet, as this
new study demonstrates, by the early 20th century the Chinese
government reversed its previous policy and began to encourage
immigration into Heilongjiang, turning a backwater into a thriving
frontier region. Covering the period between the reversal of the
anti-immigration policy around 1900 and the Japanese occupation of
Heilongjiang in 1931, this book investigates this distinctive
frontier and the impact upon it of the settlement of four million
Chinese settlers during a thirty-one year period. Following an
introduction providing a background to the period covered, the
study is divided into five chapters. The first chapter looks at
patterns of immigrations, settlement and the features of the newly
developing frontier society. Chapter two then deals with land
possession, tenure and relations amongst the newly arrived
settlers. The third chapter discusses the transformation of the
ethnic make-up of the region, and the move from a largely nomadic
culture to one of settled farmers. Chapter four probes the social
problems these changes caused, particularly banditry. The final
chapter revises commonly held notions about Russian dominance of
the region, arguing that Russia's influence was limited to the
railway zone. Taken together, these chapters not only provide an
overview of a territory undergoing rapid and sustained change, but
also provide insights into wider Chinese history, as well as adding
to the on-going scholarly interest in border and frontier studies.
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