| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"The Concrete Plateau discusses Tibetans' migration to Xining, a large city on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Although twenty-first-century urban planning in Xining has made the city more similar to other cities across China, Tibetans nevertheless use urban resources and networks to create a subaltern Tibetan city that sustains their identity"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tibetans -- Cultural assimilation -- China -- Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
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Tibetans -- China -- Xining (Qinghai Sheng) -- Ethnic identity.
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Urbanization -- Social aspects -- China -- Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
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Xining (Qinghai Sheng, China) -- History -- 21st century.
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HISTORY / Asia / China |
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Tibetans -- Cultural assimilation |
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Tibetans -- Ethnic identity |
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Urbanization -- Social aspects |
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China -- Xining (Qinghai Sheng) |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Indexed Term |
life in tibet, urbanization in the himalayas, genocide in tibet, belt and road initiative tibet. |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Title |
Urban Tibetans and the Chinese civilizing machine |
| Other Form: |
Print version Grant, Andrew, 1984- Concrete plateau Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501764097 (DLC) 2021061793 (OCoLC)1262798459 |
| ISBN |
9781501764110 electronic book |
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150176411X electronic book |
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9781501764103 electronic book |
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1501764101 electronic book |
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9781501764097 hardcover |
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