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Changing Inner Mongolia: pastoral Mongolian society and the Chinese state

Oxford University PressOxfordPublished In 2000 • Pages: xvi, 304

By: Sneath, David.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Sneath examines the impact of Chinese government policies on Inner Mongolian pastoral society. He looks at the pre-Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary collectivization and decollectivization periods, including the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution. He discusses the political struggles between Beijing and Hohhoot over the implementation of policies, and those between political factions within the region. Sneath's thesis is that pastoral economy engenders hierarchical social relations in Mongolian society, which have persevered throughout the socialist period.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Pastoral activities
Status, role, and prestige
Household
Towns
Political parties
Political movements
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
1986-1991
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1200-2000
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
David Sneath
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-289) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2001274901
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mongolia/Pastoral systems China Inner Mongolia/ Inner Mongolia (China) History/Inner Mongolia (China) Social conditions