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China's last imperial frontier : late Qing expansion in Sichuan's Tibetan borderlands / Xiuyu Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Xiuyu, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism--History--19th century.
- Imperialism.
- Power (Social sciences)--China--Changdu Diqu--History--19th century.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Borderlands--China--History--19th century.
- Borderlands.
- Borderlands--China--Tibet Autonomous Region--History--19th century.
- China--Relations--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
- China.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations--China.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- China--Territorial expansion.
- Changdu Diqu (China)--History, Military--19th century.
- Changdu Diqu (China).
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- China--Foreign relations--1644-1912.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining rich documentation with rigorous analysis, China's Last Imperial Frontier illuminates the internal dynamics of regional power struggle and local resistance that shaped the empire's response to foreign imperialisms in Tibet. The book's extensive engagement with the issues of indigenous society, state capacities in frontier settings, interagency struggle, and regional power competition makes it indispensable reading for students of Sino-Tibetan relations and Qing history.
- Contents:
- Qing Discourse and Capability in Eastern Tibet
- Frontier Society and Power
- Lu Chuanlin's "Great Game" in Nyarong
- Frontier Incident and War Making
- State Violence and Local Resistance : the Kham War
- "Regularization" Reconsidered : Variants of Gaitu Guiliu in Northern Kham
- Fashioning an "Inner Region beyond the Pass"
- Developing the West : Opening Kham Lands, Mines and Young Minds
- Character List.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-36179-5
- 9786613361790
- 0-7391-6810-X
- OCLC:
- 772593006
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