The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine

Author/Contributor(s):	Grant, Andrew
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	07/15/2022
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"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"--