Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier by Jenny F. So and Emma C. Bunker
folio. pp. 203. profusely illustrated. glossary. bibliography. index. paperback. Seattle: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in association with the University of Washington Press, [1995].
New.
ISBN-10: 0295974737 / ISBN-13: 9780295974736
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An important, original study of the (previously denied) cultural contribution of the barbarians to China, and of the trade northward. Focuses on the Han period. The artifacts, abundantly and well- illustrated (200 illus., 40 in color), document the goods and support the argument.