Changing Inner Mongolia
Author | : David Sneath |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015049698429 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Changing Inner Mongolia by : David Sneath
Download or read book Changing Inner Mongolia written by David Sneath and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Chinese Communists took control of Inner Mongolia, very little has been written about that region, the vast steppeland of northern China. This book charts the recent history of the pastoral Mongolian minority there. It examines the effects of five decades of social engineering by the Chinese state, and explores the role of economic forms, ritual, symbolism, and ideology in the transformations and continuities of life on the inner Mongolian steppe.