Beyond the pass: economy, ethnicity, and empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864

Preface Note on transliteration Abbreviations Introduction 1. Landmarks 2. Financing new dominion 3. Official commerce and commercial taxation in the Far West 4. 'Gathering Like Clouds': Chinese mercantile penetration of Xinjiang 5. The merchants and articles of trade 6. Qing ethnic policy and Chinese merchants Conclusion: toward the domestication of Empire Epilogue: the Xianfeng fiscal crisis: statecraft thinkers and Qing Xinjiang: the question of Qing imperialism Character list Notes Bibliography Index.