Chieftains, Lamas, and Warriors - A History of Kham, 19041961

This book challenges traditional views that see Kham as a transit point and instead repositions the region as pivotal to Sino-Tibetan relations. Informed by frontier studies and drawing from original sources to reassess its importance in early twentieth-century politics and narratives, it examines Kham's identity amidst assimilation pressures.

List of contents

Chapters 1. Qing "New Policy" Reforms and Local Rebellions
Chapter 2. Political Turmoil and the First Boundary Dispute Between Sichuan (Kham) and Central Tibet (1911-13)
Chapter 3. The Second Boundary Dispute and the Eastward Advance of Tibetan Troops (1914-1918)
Chapter 4. Internal Conflicts
Chapter 5. Kham: The Struggle for Hegemony
Chapter 6. Lamas, Warlords, and Nationalists
Chapter 7. Kham Under Warlord Rule (1935-1949) and the Establishment of Xikang Province
Chapter 8. The Communist Ascendancy
Chapter 9. Red Star over Kham: Democratic Reforms (1956-1960)
Chapter 10. Red Star over Kham: Occurrence and Suppression of Revolts

About the author

Yudru Tsomu

Product details

• Authors: Yudru Tsomu, Tsomu Yudru, Yudru Tsomu
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666958997
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-899-7
• No. of pages: 476
• Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Asian History, General and world history, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Relating to African American / Black American people