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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457700703321

Autore

Wang Xiuyu <1968->

Titolo

China's last imperial frontier [[electronic resource] ] : late Qing expansion in Sichuan's Tibetan borderlands / / Xiuyu Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-36179-5

9786613361790

0-7391-6810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Disciplina

951/.035

Soggetti

Imperialism - History - 19th century

Power (Social sciences) - China - Changdu Diqu - History - 19th century

Borderlands - China - History - 19th century

Borderlands - China - Tibet Autonomous Region - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

China Relations China Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Relations China

China Territorial expansion

Changdu Diqu (China) History, Military 19th century

China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

China Foreign relations 1644-1912

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Qing Discourse and Capability in Eastern Tibet -- Frontier Society and Power -- Lu Chuanlin's "Great Game" in Nyarong -- Frontier Incident and War Making -- State Violence and Local Resistance : the Kham War -- "Regularization" Reconsidered : Variants of Gaitu Guiliu in Northern Kham -- Fashioning an "Inner Region beyond the Pass" -- Developing the West : Opening Kham Lands, Mines and Young Minds -- Character List.

Sommario/riassunto

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.