Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier

by Benno Weiner

Book Overview

In The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier, Benno Weiner provides the first in-depth study of an ethnic minority region during the first decade of the People's Republic of China: the Amdo region in the Sino-Tibetan borderland. Employing previously inaccessible local archives as well as other rare primary sources, he demonstrates that the Communist Party's goal in 1950s Amdo was not just state-building but also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501772309
• ISBN13: 9781501772306
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher