The Concrete Plateau : Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine /

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"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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Grant, Andrew, 1984- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Urbanization > Social aspects.
Tibetans > Ethnic identity.
Tibetans > Cultural assimilation.
Urbanisation > Aspect social > Chine > Xining (Qinghai)
Tibetains > Identite ethnique > Chine > Xining (Qinghai)
Tibetains > Acculturation > Chine > Xining (Qinghai)
Urbanization > Social aspects > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
Tibetans > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng) > Ethnic identity.
Tibetans > Cultural assimilation > China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
China > Xining (Qinghai Sheng)
Xining (Qinghai Sheng, China) > History > 21st century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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