Reluctant Pioneers : China's Expansion Northward, 1, Hardcover by Reardon-Anderson, James, ISBN 0804751676, ISBN-13 9780804751674, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Reardon-Anderson (Chinese studies and foreign service, Georgetown U.) describes the settlement of Manchuria and the neighboring areas of Inner Mongolia, and the incorporation of these territories into China during the Qing (1) and Republican (1912-37) periods. He highlights the extraordinary territorial growth of the Middle Kingdom during the Qing Dynasty, which doubled the size of the core country; and the question of whether and how China changed in the course of the expansion and during the transition from the late-traditional to early-modern periods. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()