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Summary:

Scope and content: "What Chinese policymakers confronted in Tibet, Khan argues, was not a 'third world' but a 'fourth world' problem: Beijing was dealing with peoples whose ways were defined by statelessness. As it sought to tighten control over the restive borderlands, Mao's China moved from empire-lite to a harder, heavier imperial structure. That change triggered long-lasting shifts in Chinese foreign policy. Moving from capital cities to far-flung mountain villages, from top diplomats to nomads crossing disputed boundaries in search of pasture, this book shows Cold War China as it has never been seen before and reveals the deep influence of the Tibetan crisis on the political fabric of present-day China"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Cast of characters
• Chronology of main events
• Prologue
• The road to Lhasa
• Imperial crises, imperial diplomacy
• Border crossers : the Sino-Nepali frontier
• Muslim, trader, nomad, spy : the Sino-Indian frontier
• Epilogue: Worlds shattered, worlds reforged.

Author/Creator:

Khan, Sulmaan Wasif , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Muslim, trader, nomad, spy: China's Cold War and the people of the Tibetan borderlands [by Khan, S.W.]

Related Series:

New Cold War history

Subjects:

China — Foreign relations — China — Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) — Foreign relations — China

Statelessness — China — Tibet Autonomous Region — History — 20th century

Borderlands — China — Tibet Autonomous Region — History — 20th century

Borderlands — China — History — 20th century

China — Foreign relations — 1949-1976

India — Foreign relations — 1947-1984

Nepal — Foreign relations — 20th century

Cold War

Imperialism — History — 20th century

Cold War (1945-1989)

1900-1999

Borderlands

Diplomatic relations

Imperialism

Statelessness

Nepal

China

China — Tibet Autonomous Region

India

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS740.5.T5 K53 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781469623252 (electronic bk.)
1469623250 (electronic bk.)
9781469621104 [Invalid]
146962110X [Invalid]
9781469630755 [Invalid]
1469630753 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

907238159

Other Control Numbers:

EBC3039539 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12147928