Book
The Mongols at China's edge: history and the politics of national unity
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Lanham • Published In 2002 • Pages: xi, 273
By: Bulag, Uradyn Erden.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book, Bulag examines the politics of national unity and Chinese-minority relations in China, before and after 1949. He approaches his subject matter from various perspectives. In one chapter he examines the cult of Kököner Lake in Qinghai province, which originally commemorated an 18th-century Manchu victory over Mongol rebels and later was used to mobilize Mongolians and Tibetans against the Japanese. In another chapter, Bulag analyzes the different historical renditions and interpretations of the ancient and famous tale of Wang Zhaojun, a Chinese courtesan sent to marry a Xiongnu ruler. The hero of a communist morality tale based on a real life news story is discovered to be Mongolian and not Chinese as originally reported. Another chapter examines the controversial history and identity of the 'Daur-Mongols,' who represented a different revolutionary and nationalist strain in the region's history. The tumultuous life history and posthumous cult of the Mongolian communist leader Ulanhu serves as another window into the 'Mongol problem,' and contradictions inherent in a two-faced--socialist and nationalist--revolution.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Provinces
- Chief executive
- Political movements
- Humanistic studies
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Inner Mongolia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Uradyn E. Bulag
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2002001193
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongolia/ Inner Mongolia (China)--Politics and government