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Chinese colonization in Inner Mongoliaessay 1932 • Lattimore, Owen
Inner Mongolia • Asia > Central Asia
This article is a study of Mongolia as a frontier area, with emphasis on the relationship between Chinese colonists and Mongol natives and the effect on this relationship of habitat and human ecology. There is some discussion of the role of the Lama ...The Mongols of ManchuriaBook 1934 • Lattimore, Owen
Inner Mongolia • Asia > Central Asia
The subtitle of this book gives a succinct description of its subject matter. Hsingan province and the areas bordering it to the east are covered in great detail, league by league, tribe by tribe, and banner by banner. The role of the railroads in Ch...Pivot of AsiaBook 1950 • Lattimore, Owen
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region • Asia > Central Asia
This book provides an overview of the political history of the peoples of Xinjiang from two contrasting vantages. One is Xinjiang as the "front door" to China’s landward side. The other is Xinjiang as the focal point for international tensions in the...ManchuriaBook 1935 • Lattimore, Owen
Manchu • Asia > East Asia
This book deals with the efforts of China, Japan, and Russia to seize and colonize Manchuria and/or Mongolia. Japan's conquest of Manchuria in 1931 is discussed in the two final chapters which were written after the rest of the book had been complete...Mongoliaarticle 1933 • Lattimore, Owen
Mongolia • Asia > Central Asia
This summary article is concerned mainly with the distribution of the tribes which comprise the Leagues of eastern Inner Mongolia and the AIMAKS of Outer Mongolia. In some cases the author includes population estimates and brief descriptions of the d...The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan frontierBook 1954 • Schram, Louis & Lattimore, Owen
Monguor • Asia > East Asia
This study concentrates on the clan and family life of the Monguor who live just east of Kokonor, on the Kansu-Chinghai boundary. Special attention is given to the effects of Chinese indirect rule upon Monguor social organization; i.e., the transform...Gateway to AsiaBook 1944 • Norins, Martin Richard & Lattimore, Owen
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region • Asia > Central Asia
Based on a wide acquaintance with secondary sources, this book is largely an expanded translation of Chinese material on Xinjiang; excerpts from one appearing in the appendix. The focus is on the period of the Republic of China, from the end of dynas...Outer Mongolia and its international positionBook 1949 • Friters, Gerard Martin & Lattimore, Owen
Mongolia • Asia > Central Asia
This book is a history of Far Eastern international politics resulting from the independence movement of Outer Mongolia. A lengthy introduction by Owen Lattimore, who analyzes the course of Mongolian nationalism and revolution, precedes the author's ...