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Author Liu, Xiaoyuan, 1952-

Title Recast all under heaven : revolution, war, diplomacy, and frontier China in the 20th century / Xiaoyuan Liu.

Publication Info. New York : Continuum, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-257) and index.
Summary This is a unique work that combines the 20th-century history of all China's frontier lands in one book. ""Recast All under Heaven"" studies the outer regions of China (e.g., Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet) in the twentieth century. By applying the two interpretative themes of 'frontier' and 'ethnicity' to the modern transformation of China, the book investigates 'domestic' and 'international' developments that helped transform the territorial domain and ethnic composition of the Chinese state from 'imperial' to 'national'. The book is based on published and archival information that became avai.
Contents List of Maps; Preface; Part I: A Territorial Perception of Modern China; Chapter One: Modern Transformation of Chinese Territoriality; Territoriality; Historical China; Sovereignty; Transformation; Chapter Two: China's Central Asian Identity; Chinese Nationalism; Frontier Nationalism; Failure of Containment; Part II: Chinese Nationalist Experiences; Chapter Three: Resume China's Korean Connection; Illusive Greatness; Abortive Partnership; Elusive Contingencies; Chapter Four: Recast China's Role in Vietnam; "Big Brother"; Options; Drifting.
Chapter Five: Reassert Chinese Authority in a Frontier"Mongolian Question"; "International Conspiracy"; "Restoration"; Part III: Chinese Communist Ethnopolitics; Chapter Six: "National Question" with Chinese Characteristics; Bolshevism in China; Revolutionary Independence; Interethnic Contact; Two Wings of Nationalism; Chapter Seven: Solve Rubik's Cube in the Steppes; Bloc, National, and Ethnic Politics; National and Frontier Priorities; Autonomy as Rebellion; Chapter Eight: Break the Vicious Circle along the Himalayas; Reverse a Verdict; Convert the Dalai Lama; Reform Tibet, or Not.
"Let Them Go"Part IV: From World War to Cold War; Chapter Nine: The United States and Frontier China; European and Asian "Minorities"; "Chinese Unification"; China's "Three Corners"; Politics of "Color" and "Shape"; Chapter Ten: Mongolia between Beijing and Moscow; Old and New "Kitchen"; American Wedge; Mongolian Crack; Chapter Eleven: Cold and Hot Wars along the Himalayas; Second Cold War Front; Covert Operations; From Party to State; From Friends to Foes; From Comrades to Adversaries; Epilogue Search for a Frontier Theme; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P.
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Subject China -- History -- 20th century.
China.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject China -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 20th century.
Territorial expansion.
China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnic relations.
China -- Foreign relations.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Liu, Xiaoyuan, 1952- Recast all under heaven. New York : Continuum, 2010 9781441162205 (DLC) 2010004648 (OCoLC)529957987
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