The Battle for Fortune: State-Led Development, Personhood, and Power Among Tibetans in China

(Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series)

by Charlene Makley

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In a deeply ethnographic appraisal, based on years of in situ research, The Battle for Fortune looks at the rising stakes of Tibetans' encounters with Chinese state-led development projects in the early 2000s. The book builds upon anthropology's qualitative approach to personhood, power and space to rethink the premises and consequences of economic development campaigns in China's multiethnic northwestern province of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:150171967X

ISBN13:9781501719677

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:348 Pages

Weight:1.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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