本書闡述了中國西南文化的歷史進程，霍巍教授以講課的口語，就近取譬的生動表達方式，對西南地域文化的發展、與中原文明的互動，及其在中外文化的傳播與交流，提供了豐富的考古新材料，並結合歷史文獻，闡明西南文化的多彩多姿原來有其深厚的歷史淵源，是結合歷史學與考古學的典範。

This interesting book interweaves the stories of two early twentieth century botanists to explore the collaborative relationships each formed with Yunnan villagers in gathering botanical specimens from the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma. Mueggler introduces Scottish botanist George Forrest, who employed native ethnic Naxi adventurers in his fieldwork from 1906 until his death in 1932. We also meet American Joseph Francis Charles Rock, who, in 1924, undertook a dangerous expedition to Gansu and Tibet with the sons and nephews of Forrest's workers. Mueggler describes how the Naxi workers and their Western employers rendered the earth into specimens, notes, maps, diaries, letters, books, photographs, and ritual manuscripts. Drawing on an ancient metaphor of the earth as a book, Mueggler provides a sustained meditation on what can be copied, translated, and revised, and what can be folded back into the earth.

In Qing Colonial Enterprise, Laura Hostetler shows how Qing China (1636-1911) used cartography and ethnography to pursue its imperial ambitions. She argues that far from being on the periphery of developments in the early modern period, Qing China both participated in and helped shape the new emphasis on empirical scientific knowledge that was simultaneously transforming Europe--and its colonial empires--at the time. Although mapping in China is almost as old as Chinese civilization itself, the Qing insistence on accurate, to-scale maps of their territory was a new response to the difficulties of administering a vast and growing empire. Likewise, direct observation became increasingly important to Qing ethnographic writings, such as the illustrated manuscripts known as "Miao albums" (from which twenty color paintings are reproduced in this book). These were intended to educate Qing officials about various non-Han peoples so that they could govern these groups more effectively.Hostetler's groundbreaking account will interest anyone studying the history of the early modern period and colonialism.

本书以康定明正土司作为研究对象，从末代明正土司的人生史，揭示中国西南地区文化、社会、政治和经济和谐共生的内在机制。康区政治人物，不管是土司还是喇嘛的权力、权威都来源于社会外部，比如土司去往北京定期朝贡，喇嘛去往中心寺庙定期朝圣等。这一研究在中国社会科学界具有重要的意义，它既是方法论的创新，对于我们理解中国少数民族地区的政治观念和政治历程，也具有重要的认识价值。

此书为作者几十年间在中国西南民族

《中国西南历史地理考释》集中对我国西南地区从上古到明清时期的历史地名加以考释，以时间顺序分为六篇，每篇先列概说，然后再一一详考地名。《中国西南历史地理考释(套装共2册)》对现存的文献资料基本搜罗殆尽，考证严密，是西南历史地理研究的基本工具书。