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245 00 $aMapping Mongolia :$bsituating Mongolia in the world from geologic time to the present /$cedited by Paula L. W. Sabloff.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,$cc2011.
300 $axxvi, 273 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm. +$eDVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
490 1 $aPenn Museum international research conferences ;$v2
500 $aPapers originally presented at a conference held in Philadelphia, May 6-11, 2007.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gI.$tTheorizing Mongolia's Connections.$g1.$tGeneral Comments on Mapping Mongolia and Mongol Studies /$rG. Cameron Hurst ---$g2.$t"Scaping" Mongolia /$rPaula L.W. Sabloff ---$g3.$tMapping and the Headless State: Rethinking National Populist Concepts of Mongolia /$rDavid Sneath ---$g4.$tIs There Such a Thing as Central/Inner (Eur)Asia and Is Mongolia a Part of It? /$rChristopher P. Atwood ----$gII.$tExtending Beyond Current Borders.$g5.$tThe Geology, Climate, and Ecology of Mongolia /$rClyde E. Goulden B. Nandintsetseg L. Ariuntsetseg ---$g6.$tNomadic Pastoralism in Mongolia and Beyond /$rThomas Barfield ---$g7.$tThe Prehistory of Mongolian Populations as Revealed by Studies of Osteological, Dental, and Genetic Variation /$rTheodore Schurr Lenore Pipes ---$g8.$tMapping Ritual Landscapes in Bronze Age Mongolia and Beyond: Unraveling the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Enigma /$rWilliam W. Fitzhugh Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan ----$gIII.$tConnecting to Other Polities.$g9.$tTimescapes from the Past: An Archaeogeography of Mongolia /$rWilliam Honeychurch Chunag Amartuvshin ---$g10.$tSteppe Nomads as a Philosophical Problem in Classical China /$rPaul R. Goldin ---$g11.$tMapping Foreign Policy Interests: Mongolia's Case /$rJargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan.
520 $aWith its small population and low GDP, Mongolia is frequently deemed "unique" or tacked onto various area studies programs: Inner Asia, Central Asia, Northeast Asia, or Eurasia. This volume is a response to the concern that countries such as Mongolia are marginalized when academia and international diplomacy reconfigure area studies borders in the postsocialist era. Would marginalized countries such as Mongolia benefit from a reconfiguration of area studies programs or even from another way of thinking about grouping nations? This book uses Mongolia as a case study to critique the area studies methodology and test the efficacy of another grouping methodology, the "-scapes" method proposed by Arjun Appadurai. Could the application of this approach for tracing individuals' social networks by theme (finance, ethnicity, ideology, media, and technology) be applied to nation-states or peoples? Could it then prevent Mongolia from slipping through the cracks of academia and international diplomacy? Experts from ecology, genetics, archaeology, history, anthropology, and international diplomacy contemplate these issues in their chapters on Mongolia through the ages. Their work includes over 30 maps to help situate Mongolia in its geologic, geographic, economic, and cultural matrix. By comparing maps of different time periods and intellectual orientations, readers can consider for themselves the place of Mongolia in the world community and the relative benefits of these and other grouping methodologies. -- Description from http://www.booktopia.com.au (Oct. 18, 2011).
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830 0 $aPenn Museum international research conferences ;$vv. 2.
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