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C. Patterson Giersch

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C. Patterson (Pat) Giersch is a historian of modern China and Inner Asia. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and is a professor at Wellesley College. In his early work, he sought to understand the early modern origins of China's ethnic diversity, a project culminating in a book on conquest, migration, and cultural encounters in China's Southwest. Over the years, Pat has continued to travel widely in frontier China while investigating the transnational caravan businesses that once plied routes across South China and Southeast Asia, from Lhasa to Rangoon. This research is revealed in his new book, Corporate Conquests (2020), which examines the intersection of private business, state-led development, and the production of economic inequali ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 19 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works

	Asian Borderlands: The Transformation of Qing China's Yunnan Frontier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporate Conquests: Business, the State, and the Origins of Ethnic Inequality in Southwest China 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars