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Exile from the Grasslands
Tibetan Herders and Chinese Development Projects
At the beginning of the new millennium, the Chinese government launched the Great Opening of the West, a development strategy targeted at remote areas inhabited mainly by indigenous ethnic groups. Intended to modernize infrastructure and halt environmental degradation, its tactics in western China have resulted in the displacement of pastoral Tibetans to urban residence and sedentary livelihoods, causing massive social and economic shifts and uncertainty and eventually leading to signs of discontent in ethnically Tibetan regions.
Based on more than a decade of fieldwork,
About the Authors
Reviews
"[A] well-balanced account of Tibetan pastoralists' responses to, and experiences of, Chinese development projects."—Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
"In a refreshingly clear fashion, the author untangles and traces the often-overlapping paths of policies from the top levels of the central government to the local levels ofimplementation. In this regard, "Ptáčková examines the competing explanations of why the grasslands have deteri-orated since the incorporation of Tibet into the Chinese state. What emerges from her analysis is a clear statement that while recent land-use activities by some pastoralists have contributed to the situation, the often unintended but nevertheless real conse-quences of Chinese state policies themselves and their inconsistent implementation and often contradictory goals are primarily to blame."—Journal of Anthropological Research "Ptáčková's work is a valuable source of information about current state-led development and transformation in Zêkog, Amdo Tibet. This book will undoubtedly be of interest and value for scholars, students and practitioners working in the fields of rural development studies."—Nomadic Peoples "Ptáčková's brief work takes a complicated web of history, culture, dreams of modernity (by both the state and its people) and deftly crafts a discussion that informs readers of any level of the issues facing Tibetan herding communities as China faces the expanding impacts of climate change, global economic chaos, and more."—H-Net Reviews
Endorsements
"Ptáčková discerningly combines extensive ethnography with unique access to government documents—revealing the mixture of well-intentioned policies, negative outcomes, and human desires involved in yet another radical transformation of Tibetan rural lives under the purview of an all-powerful state."—Toni Huber, author of
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December 15, 2020 | |
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17 b&w illus., 5 maps, 1 table | |
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Other Titles by Stevan Harrell
An Ecological History of Modern China
Pure and True
Greening East Asia
Other Titles from Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
Medicine and Memory in Tibet
Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State
The Han
Other Titles in HISTORY / Asia / China
Living in Heritage
Eternal Offerings
Mission to Mao