China's Last Imperial Frontier - Late Qing Expansion in Sichuan's Tibetan Borderlands

Informationen zum Autor By Xiuyu Wang Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis  List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1.  Qing Discourse and Capability in Eastern TibetChapter 2.  Frontier Society and PowerChapter 3.  Lu Chuanlin's "Great Game" in NyarongChapter 4.  Frontier Incident and War MakingChapter 5.  State Violence and Local Resistance: the Kham WarChapter 6.  "Regularization" Reconsidered: Variants of Gaitu Guiliu in Northern KhamChapter 7.  Fashioning an "Inner Region beyond the Pass"Chapter 8.  Developing the West: Opening Kham Lands, Mines and Young MindsConclusionAbbreviationsBibliographyCharacter ListIndex

Product details

• Authors: Xiuyu Wang
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739168097
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6809-7
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History