China's Last Imperial Frontier: Late Qing Expansion in Sichuan's Tibetan Borderlands
- ISBN-10
- 0739168096
- ISBN-13
- 9780739168097
- Category
- Borderlands
- Pages
- 291
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Author
- Xiuyu Wang
Description
Combining rich documentation with rigorous analysis, China's Last Imperial Frontier illuminates the internal dynamics of regional power struggle and local resistance that shaped the empire s response to foreign imperialisms in Tibet. The book s extensive engagement with the issues of indigenous society, state capacities in frontier settings, interagency struggle, and regional power competition makes it indispensable reading for students of Sino-Tibetan relations and Qing history."
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