Andrés Rodriguez: Frontier Fieldwork: Building a Nation in China’s Borderlands, 1919–45

Norbert Francis

doi:10.4312/as.2024.12.3.253-258

Authors

Norbert FRANCIS Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2024.12.3.253-258

Keywords:

China, Tibet, Xinjiang

Abstract

The study of the relationship between the central government and the borderlands to the west of China during the Nationalist Republican period (1912–1949) is relevant to our understanding of today’s policies and controversies in the Tibetan regions and Xinjiang. In this way, Frontier Fieldwork, a historical study, is important for engaging with the evolving debate on the political orientation and practice of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in this domain. The western provinces represent the one remaining serious unresolved problem of national integration in Mainland China regarding the country’s minority nationalities.

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