Building new China, colonizing Kokonor : resettlement to Qinghai in the 1950s / Gregory Rohlf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rohlf, Gregory, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Industrialization.

History.

Nation-building.

Borderlands.

Government policy.

Land settlement.

Agricultural colonies.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Qinghai Sheng (China)--Colonization--History--20th century.

Qinghai Sheng (China).

Frontier and pioneer life--China--Qinghai Sheng--20th century.

Agricultural colonies--China--Qinghai Sheng--History--20th century.

Land settlement--China--Qinghai Sheng--History--20th century.

Borderlands--Government policy--China--History--20th century.

Nation-building--China--History--20th century.

Industrialization--China--History--20th century.

China--Relations--Tibet Autonomous Region.

China.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations--China.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

China--Qinghai Sheng.

Physical Description:

v, 301 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

"This social and political history of resettlement and state building in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands examines the aims of Han and Hui Chinese settlers sent to Qinghai province, their impact on the land and the population, and the role of the resettlement in the industrialization of the China"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The history and rationales for agricultural resettlement to border regions, 1920-1955

Resettlement becomes a frontier policy, 1955-1956

Moving west, 1955-1956

Raising incomes, making homes, 1956-1957

Ethnic and social problems in first wave resettlement, 1956-1957

From first wave to second wave resettlement, 1957-1958

Colonizing Kokonor, 1958-1962.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rohlf, Gregory. Building new China, colonizing Kokonor.

ISBN:

9781498519526

1498519520

OCLC:

946004643