Ancient China and the Yue - Perceptions and Identities on the Southern Frontier, c.400 BCE–50 CE

A richly empirical discussion of ethnic identity formation in the period 400 BCE–50 CE. Erica Fox Brindley presents a meticulous new study of the ancient Chinese textual record in an attempt to understand the Yue peoples of China's southern frontier and how they were perceived by the Chinese elite.