The Chinese revolution on the Tibetan frontier / Benno Weiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Benno, 1972- author.

Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Government policy--China--Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng)--History--20th century.

Minorities.

Communism--China--Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng)--History--20th century.

Communism.

Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng, China)--History--20th century.

Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng, China).

Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng, China)--Politics and government--20th century.

Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng, China)--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng, China)--Relations--China.

China--Relations--China--Tongren Xian (Qinghai Sheng).

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

Summary:

This text provides an in-depth study of an ethnic minority region during the first decade of the People's Republic of China: the Amdo region in the Sino-Tibetan borderland. Employing previously inaccessible local archives as well as other rare primary sources, the work demonstrates that the Communist Party's goal in 1950s Amdo was not just state-building, but also nation-building.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

A Note on Sources, Transliteration, and Nomenclature

Introduction: Amdo, Empire, and the United Front

1. Amdo at the Edge of Empire

2. If You Kill the County Head, How Will I Explain It to the Communist Party?

3. Becoming Masters of Their Own Home (under the Leadership of the Party)

4. Establishing a Foundation among the Masses

5. High Tide on the High Plateau

6. Tibetans Do the Housework, but Han Are the Masters

7. Reaching the Sky in a Single Step—The Amdo Rebellion

8. Empty Stomachs and Unforgivable Crimes

Conclusion: Amdo and the End of Empire?

Appendix A: Zeku’s Chiefdoms (ca. 1953)

Appendix B: THL/Pinyin-Chinese-Wylie Conversion Table

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501772306

1501772309

9781501749421

1501749420

OCLC:

1198929564