Contesting the Yellow Dragon : ethnicity, religion, and the state in the Sino-Tibetan borderland by Kang, Xiaofei, Ph.D

Table of Contents: “…Note on Ming Shilu and Qing Shilu -- Note on Tibetan terms -- Garrison city in the Ming : Indigenes and the state in greater Songpan -- Qing Songpan : recovery, over-extension and disaster -- Guns, gold, gown, and poppy : ethnic frontier in a failing republic -- Sharing a sacred center : Conch Mountain of the East, Yellow Dragon, and Chinese and Tibetan culture -- Songpan, the state and social revolution, 1950-78 -- Opening up the borderland I : the politics of tourist development and environmental protection -- Opening up the borderland II : ethnicity for tourists -- Contesting the Yellow Dragon in the age of reform : local initiatives and responses -- Ethnoreligion, ethnic identity and regional consciousness at Songpan -- Appendix: Festivals -- Tibetan glossary.…”
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Protecting soldiers and mothers : the political origins of social policy in the United States by Skocpol, Theda

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