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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784034403321

Autore

Tighe Justin

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005

ISBN

1-280-86839-2

9786610868391

1-4294-5352-4

90-474-0788-1

1-4337-0464-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Brill's Inner Asian library, , 1566-7162 ; ; 15

Disciplina

951/.77

Soggetti

Suiyuan Sheng (China) Politics and government

Suiyuan Sheng (China) History

China History 20th century

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 (p. 270-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.