Frontier Encounters: Knowledge And Practice At The Russian, Chinese And Mongolian Border
by Caroline Humphrey /
2012 / English / PDF
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China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that
share thousands of miles of border. Despite their proximity, their
interactions with each other - and with their third neighbour
Mongolia - are rarely discussed. Although the three countries share
a boundary, their traditions, languages and worldviews are
remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of
views on how the borders between these unique countries are
enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global
uncertainties: China's search for energy resources and the
employment of its huge population, Russia's fear of Chinese
migration, and the precarious independence of Mongolia as its
neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. Bringing
together anthropologists, sociologists and economists, this timely
collection of essays offers new perspectives on an area that is
currently of enormous economic, strategic and geo-political
relevance.
China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that
share thousands of miles of border. Despite their proximity, their
interactions with each other - and with their third neighbour
Mongolia - are rarely discussed. Although the three countries share
a boundary, their traditions, languages and worldviews are
remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of
views on how the borders between these unique countries are
enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global
uncertainties: China's search for energy resources and the
employment of its huge population, Russia's fear of Chinese
migration, and the precarious independence of Mongolia as its
neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. Bringing
together anthropologists, sociologists and economists, this timely
collection of essays offers new perspectives on an area that is
currently of enormous economic, strategic and geo-political
relevance.
