The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier /

The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier / / Benno Weiner.

In The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier, Benno Weiner provides the first 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 o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Weiner, Benno,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 4 maps
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Table of 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

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