Until the Song dynasty, the mountains and rocky gorges of Sichuan
were inhabited primarily by forest peoples. Increased settlement by
Han Chinese farmers from the rice-growing plains altered the
landscape, changed the balance of power among tribes, and adapted
Han custom to new conditions. This book describes how the remote
Luzhou area of Sichuan became fully integrated into Chinese
civilization. First colonized under private auspices, the region
was early dominated by tribal chiefs and local Han magnates with
personal armies; but eventually state intervention increased as the
military was called in to protect profitable salt wells, Han
farming, and the trade routes over which timber, minerals,
aromatics, and horses were carried to central markets. Richard von
Glahn describes how administrative structures emerged in towns and
villages. He argues that policy decisions by the central government
and economic imperatives from core regions instigated and
determined local development. The book thus provides detailed
knowledge of a particular place and has implications for the
theoretical study of frontiers.
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