Foreword
Tea Road Chronology
Introduction:The Tea Road from Three Perspectives,China,Russia,the Steppe
1.The Tea Road,Start to Finish
2.“Plucking the Hills and Boiling the Oceans”:Start to the Tea Trade in China
3.Transcontinental Tools of Trade
4.Ming Horse Markets along the Great Wall:Kalgan
5.Redlar Wang and a Tea-trading Conglomerate on the Steppe
6.Camel Caravans to Urga:Lamas and Lamaseries in the Gobi
7.Crossing the Tuul River at Urga
8.The Manchus Take Mongolia
9.Carving away the Lefthand Khanate from Both Ends
10.Count Sava and the Founding of Kiakhta
11.Spy Posts at the Russian Yards in Beijing
Footnotes
Glossary
Index