The nomadic leviathan : a critique of the Sinocentric paradigm /

"Devised to legitimize the Republic of China's claim over Inner Asia, the Sinocentric paradigm stems from the Open Door Policy and Chinese nationalism. Advanced against the conquest theory, and rationalized as the pathfinding ecological theory, it is an evolutionary materialist scheme that...

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Main Author: Munkh-Erdene, Lhamsuren (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Series:Inner Asia book series ; no. 16.
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