Format:
xi, 209 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781501764097
Series Statement:
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Content:
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.
Content:
"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 subaltern Tibetan city that sustains their identity"--
Note:
Literaturhinweise: Seite 181-202
,
Register: Seite 203-209
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501764103
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501764110
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Grant, Andrew, 1984- Concrete plateau Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Tibet
;
Verstädterung
;
Kulturelle Identität
