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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2006
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field Date
- 1990-2000
- Coverage Date
- 1700-2000
- Coverage Place
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Notes
- Uradyn E. Bulag
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index
- LCCN
- 2002001193
- LCSH
- Mongolia/ Inner Mongolia (China)--Politics and government