Objects and Frontiers in Modern Asia tony hseih At stake in the questions

At stake in the questions this book tackles is both how we understand the PRC as a participant in shaping global order

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Objects and Frontiers in Modern Asia tony hseih At stake in the questionsFocusing on the geographies between the Mekong and the Indus, this book brings objects to the centre of enquiry in the understanding of modern Asian frontiers. It explores how a range of objects have historically been significant bearers and agents of frontier making. For instance, how are objects connected to aspects of state making, social change, everyday life, diplomacy, political and ecological worlds, capital, forms of violence, resistances,