Constructing Suiyuan : the politics of northwestern territory and development in early twentieth-century China / / by Justin Tighe.

A detailed examination of the making of a new province in China's Inner Asian borderlands in the early 20th century providing new insights into the spatial and territorial aspects of modern Chinese state and nation building.

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Superior document:Brill's Inner Asian library, 15
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Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 15.
Physical Description:1 online resource (316 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Maps and Tables; Abbreviations; A Note on Language and Referencing; Preface; Introduction Constructing Suiyuan; Chapter One Before Suiyuan: Qing Order Beyond the Pass; Chapter Two Territorial and Administrative Elaboration; Chapter Three Land Reclamation, Agriculture and Pastoralism; Chapter Four Poverty, Backwardness and Education; Chapter Five Suiyuan and the Challenge of Mongol Space; Chapter Six Suiyuan and the Rise of Beile-yin sume; Epilogue Suiyuan Effaced; Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms; Bibliography; Index