Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF MAPS ix
4. LIST OF FIGURES xi
5. LIST OF TABLES xiii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
7. REIGN DATES OF WESTERN ZHOU KINGS xix
8. Introduction 1
9. Chapter One. An Old Frontier and New Challenges in the Northwest 17
10. Chapter Two. A Frontier Close to Home: Lineage Polities in the Western Baoji Region 63
11. Chapter Three. The North-Central Frontier: Political Integration and Cultural Homogenization 100
12. Chapter Four. The Northeastern Frontier: Colonization, Confrontation, and Collaboration 153
13. Chapter Five. The Emerging Frontier in the Far West: The Upper Wei and Xihan River Valleys 212
14. Conclusions 237
15. NOTES 245
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
17. INDEX 297