Recast all under heaven : revolution, war, diplomacy, and frontier China in the 20th century /: revolution, war, diplomacy, and frontier China in the 20th century. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Xiaoyuan Liu.
• Other Names: Liu, Xiaoyuan, 1952-
• Contents: List of Maps; Preface; Part I: A Territorial Perception of Modern China; Chapter One: Modern Transformation of Chinese Territoriality; Territoriality; Historical China; Sovereignty; Transformation; Chapter Two: China's Central Asian Identity; Chinese Nationalism; Frontier Nationalism; Failure of Containment; Part II: Chinese Nationalist Experiences; Chapter Three: Resume China's Korean Connection; Illusive Greatness; Abortive Partnership; Elusive Contingencies; Chapter Four: Recast China's Role in Vietnam; "Big Brother"; Options; Drifting. Chapter Five: Reassert Chinese Authority in a Frontier"Mongolian Question"; "International Conspiracy"; "Restoration"; Part III: Chinese Communist Ethnopolitics; Chapter Six: "National Question" with Chinese Characteristics; Bolshevism in China; Revolutionary Independence; Interethnic Contact; Two Wings of Nationalism; Chapter Seven: Solve Rubik's Cube in the Steppes; Bloc, National, and Ethnic Politics; National and Frontier Priorities; Autonomy as Rebellion; Chapter Eight: Break the Vicious Circle along the Himalayas; Reverse a Verdict; Convert the Dalai Lama; Reform Tibet, or Not. "Let Them Go"Part IV: From World War to Cold War; Chapter Nine: The United States and Frontier China; European and Asian "Minorities"; "Chinese Unification"; China's "Three Corners"; Politics of "Color" and "Shape"; Chapter Ten: Mongolia between Beijing and Moscow; Old and New "Kitchen"; American Wedge; Mongolian Crack; Chapter Eleven: Cold and Hot Wars along the Himalayas; Second Cold War Front; Covert Operations; From Party to State; From Friends to Foes; From Comrades to Adversaries; Epilogue Search for a Frontier Theme; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P. Qr; s; t; u; v; w; x; y; z.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages), maps
• Subjects: 951.05; HISTORY; Diplomatic relations; Ethnic relations; Territorial expansion; China -- History -- 20th century; China -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 20th century; China -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century; China -- Foreign relations; China; Electronic book; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441118011; 1441118012; 1283271583; 9781283271585
• Related ISBNs: 9781441162205; 1441162208; 9781441134899; 1441134891
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-257) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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