Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Steppe Routeways and East-West Exchanges
Eurasian Steppes: The Ancient East-West Thoroughfare
Traces of Exchanges in Tme Immemorial
Waves of Exchange in the Alteration of Nomadic Empires
Summary of the Roles of Eurasian Thoroughfare
Reading Materials: Concept and Connotation of "Prairie Silk Road"
Reading Materials: Tibetan Buddhist Temple by the Baltic Sea
Chapter 2
Changing Face of Nomadism
General Knowledge of Nomadism
19 Head: Upper Limit for Per-capita Livestock Holdings
Unchanged for Three Millennia
Evolution and Transformation of Nomadic Lifestyle
Reading Materials: Postscript to Intensive GrasslandAnimal Husbandry
Chapter 3
Meat from Grassland-Timeless Treasure
American Beef Dominating World Market
Heritage and Development of Inner Mongolian Meat
Prairie Meat: Competing for Customers
Prairie Meat Products from Other Parts of the World
Secrets of Prairie Meat Flavor
Chapter 4
Modernization of Animal Husbancjry in Grassland Areas
Different Outcomes of Nomadic History
"Cells" of Modernization
Division of Labor and Cooperation
Path to Modernization
Reading Materials: Ordos' Exemplary Project of Establishing Standards for a Modern Animal Husbandry Industry (Abridged)
Bibliography
Postscript
Postscript for the English Edition