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The concrete plateau : urban Tibetans and the Chinese civilizing machine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grant, Andrew, 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:
Tibetans > Cultural assimilation > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
Tibetans > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng) > Ethnic identity.
Urbanization > Social aspects > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
Xining (Qinghai Sheng, China) > History > 21st century.
2000-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Building the concrete plateau
  • Circulations and dreams on the urbanizing plateau
  • Remembering Xining
  • Civilized city
  • Uncivilized city
  • Building Tibetan places
  • Conclusion: Urbanization as civilizing machine.