TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rossabi,Morris
TI  - How Mongolia Matters: War, Law, and Society
T2  - Brill's Inner Asian Library
SN  - 9789004343405
AV  - DS19 .H69 2017 
U1  - 951.7 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Mongols--Warfare
KW  - Mongols--History
KW  - Mongols--Social life and customs
KW  - Law--Mongolia--History
KW  - Mongolia--History, Military
KW  - Mongolia--Social conditions
KW  - Mongolia--Relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Introduction: Myths about Mongols and Inner Asians -- 1 Sagang Sechen on the Tumu Incident -- 2 What did the Qianlong Court Mean by huairou yuanren 怀柔 人? An Examination of Manchu, Mongol and Tibetan Translations of the Term as it Appears in Chengde Steles, as a Defense of "New Qing History" -- 3 Jochi and the Early Western Campaigns -- 4 Iran's Mongol Experience -- 5 Qipchak Networks of Power in Mongol China -- 6 "How the Mongols Mattered: A Perspective from Law" -- 7 Celebrating War with the Mongols -- 8 Flank Contact, Social Contexts, and Riding Patterns in Eurasia, 500-1500 -- 9 Modern Origins of Chinggis Khan Worship: The Mongolian Response to Japanese Influences -- 10 Mongolia: Addressing the Risks and Promises of the Nuclear Age -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - This book offers pioneering studies of the Mongolians and other Inner Asian peoples. Their roles in history, as well as in modern times, are evaluated. These interpretations reveal their importance in military, legal, and political changes in traditional and modern times
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