From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Besides marking elite status, royal hunts functioned as inspection tours and imperial progresses, a means of asserting kingly authority over the countryside. The hunt was, in fact, the "court out-of-doors," an open-air theater for displays of majesty, the entertainment of guests, and the bestowal of favor on subjects.
In the conduct of interstate relations, great hunts were used to train armies, show the flag, and send diplomatic signals. Wars sometimes began as hunts and ended as celebratory chases. Often understood as a kind of covert military training, the royal hunt was subject to the same strict discipline as that applied in war and was also a source of innovation in military organization and tactics.
Just as human subjects were to recognize royal power, so was the natural kingdom brought within the power structure by means of the royal hunt. Hunting parks were centers of botanical exchange, military depots, early conservation reserves, and important links in local ecologies. The mastery of the king over nature served an important purpose in official renderings: as a manifestation of his possession of heavenly good fortune he could tame the natural world and keep his kingdom safe from marauding threats, human or animal. The exchanges of hunting partners—cheetahs, elephants, and even birds—became diplomatic tools as well as serving to create an elite hunting culture that transcended political allegiances and ecological frontiers.
This sweeping comparative work ranges from ancient Egypt to India under the Raj. With a magisterial command of contemporary sources, literature, material culture, and archaeology, Thomas T. Allsen chronicles the vast range of traditions surrounding this fabled royal occupation.

嚈哒最初是北亚一个弱小的游牧部族，本书虽然没有涉及嚈哒史上的所有问题，但由于有关嚈哒人活动的重要方面大体上都涉及到了，在内容安排方面也适当考虑了连贯性，在目前国内外学界还没有更全面的嚈哒问题专著问世的情况下，也可以作一部嚈哒史来读。

宋瞳，1984年生，2012年毕业于中国人民大学国学院，入中国人民大学清史研究所任教。师从乌云毕力格教授，主要研究方向为清前期政治史、清朝满蒙关系史、满文文献等。曾于《光明日报（理论版）》、《清史研究》、《西域历史语言研究集刊》、《历史文献研究》等发表论文十余篇。

《新疆生产建设兵团体制研究》以新疆区情与历代屯垦戍边的思想源流为切入点，《新疆生产建设兵团体制研究》头一次系统地向人们介绍了新疆生产建设兵团这一特殊社会组织的特殊体制，从政治、经济、社会、文化等多角度对兵团“党政军企合一”的运行模式进行了独立思考，并对新形势下新疆治理与兵团发展前景提出r作者自己的建议。

书从新的民族社会学理论入手，对靺鞨族群的来龙去脉进行了系统的、创新性的梳理，同时对靺鞨族群的两大支系——粟末靺鞨、黑水靺鞨的兴起、发展进行了详细的分析，较前人更为深入地阐明前者建立渤海国的历程，渤海国内的族群问题及演化；后者的两次勃兴及其与女真族群的关系。

本书所描述的是一项近代背景下的“改造边疆”的“实验”。它起始于清代晚期，直到今天仍在继续，并且可能永远也不会结束。这项“实验”的内容繁杂，目标却非常明晰，就是在新的国家体制中给“边疆”和生活在这里的“少数民族”寻找一个“合适的位置”。这个“寻找定位”的过程，正是现代国家“化边”工程的核心主题。

From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols, and brought all of modern Xinjiang and Mongolia under their control, while gaining dominant influence in Tibet. The China we know is a product of these vast conquests.<br /><br /><br /><br />Peter C. Perdue chronicles this little-known story of China's expansion into the northwestern frontier. Unlike previous Chinese dynasties, the Qing achieved lasting domination over the eastern half of the Eurasian continent. Rulers used forcible repression when faced with resistance, but also aimed to win over subject peoples by peaceful means. They invested heavily in the economic and administrative development of the frontier, promoted trade networks, and adapted ceremonies to the distinct regional cultures.<br /><br /><br /><br />Perdue thus illuminates how China came to rule Central Eurasia and how it justifies that control, what holds the Chinese nation together, and how its relations with the Islamic world and Mongolia developed. He offers valuable comparisons to other colonial empires and discusses the legacy left by China's frontier expansion. The Beijing government today faces unrest on its frontiers from peoples who reject its autocratic rule. At the same time, China has launched an ambitious development program in its interior that in many ways echoes the old Qing policies.<br /><br /><br /><br />China Marches West is a tour de force that will fundamentally alter the way we understand Central Eurasia.

目录
自序
关于金朝开国史的真实性质疑
金代的一桩文字狱——宇文虚中案发覆
试论辽朝的民族政策
金朝的民族政策与民族歧视
渤海世家与女真皇室的联姻——兼论金代渤海人的政治地位
说“汉人”——辽金时代民族融合的一个侧面
关于契丹、党项与女真遗裔问题
金代户口研究
金代猛安谋克人口状况研究
金代户籍制度刍论
金代土地问题的一个侧面——女真人与汉人的土地争端
金代“通检推排”探微
论金代的物力与物力钱
金代杂税论略
辽金的佛教政策及其社会影响
关于《契丹国志》的若干问题
再论《大金国志》的真伪——兼评《<大金国志>校证》
《契丹国志》与《大金国志》关系试探
《三朝北盟会编》研究
范成大《揽辔录》佚文真伪辨析
附录一 本书征引史料版本备览
附录二 本书作者学术档案

本书为英国学者巴克尔著，向达、黄静渊翻译。在书中，作者介绍了匈奴、鲜卑、蠕蠕、突厥、西突厥、回纥、契丹等七个北方游牧民族的历史概况，这对后人深入研究诸部族的历史具有一定的帮助。

本书通过研究，阐明了中国疆域形成的路径是独特的、例外的。中国疆域是由文化渊源不同、生产方式各异的大漠游牧、泛中原农耕、辽东渔猎耕牧、雪域牧耕、海上五大文明板块，经过长时段的碰撞、交融而最终被统合为一体之物。汉唐元清四个世界级帝国均形成于中原地带的边缘，他们为古代中国链条式世界级帝国的形成提供了源源不断、前仆后继的内在能量。由于维系着这些帝国链条不断的“大一统”思想贯穿始终，使得古代中国各个世界级帝国之间具有内在的文化承继性与疆域连续性。

本书以翔实的史料为基础，系统阐释了“西藏问题”的由来、演变，揭露了以英政府为代表的殖民主义者借“西藏问题”以达到分裂中国的阴谋，同时，围绕班禅回藏、康藏划界、中央在西藏统治权这三大问题，详细阐述了1927年至1950年间中国政府为维护祖国统一同中外反华势力展开的一系列斗争和努力，最终得出中国自身的发展是彻底解决西藏问题的关键这一结论。