Ptáčková, Jarmila <br/><br/>
Exile from the Grasslands :   Tibetan Herders and Chinese Development Projects /  
Jarmila Ptáčková 
 - 1 online resource (188 pages). 
 - Studies on ethnic groups in China .
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<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> "At the start of the new millennium, the Chinese government launched an ambitious new development program with far-reaching economic, environmental, and cultural effects in remote areas inhabited mainly by indigenous ethnic groups. The Great Opening of the West program diverts pastoral Tibetans to urban residence and urban livelihoods, resulting in a massive shift in social and economic patterns. Based on fieldwork that has been ongoing since 2007, this ethnography documents the transformation of Tibetan pastoral society in Qinghai Province under Chinese development efforts. It describes sedentarization and relocation policy agendas, viewpoints of both the affected pastoral population and officials charged with implementing policy, and case studies of pastoralists' response to sedentarization and other grassland management policies."  Cvilizing China's western Peripheries -- The gift of development in pastoral areas -- Sedentarization in Qinghai -- Development in Zeku County -- Sedentarization of pastoralists in Zeku County -- Ambivalent outcomes and adaptation strategies -- Glossary of Chinese and Tibetan terms. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295748207 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tibetans--Economic conditions<br/>Tibetans--Cultural assimilation<br/>Range policy<br/>Pastoral systems<br/>Nomads--Sedentarization<br/>Herders<br/>Grasslands--Management<br/>Forced migration<br/>Economic history<br/>Economic development projects<br/>Economic development projects--China--Zêkog Xian.<br/>Pastoral systems--China--Qinghai Sheng.<br/>Forced migration--China--Qinghai Sheng.<br/>Range policy--China--Qinghai Sheng.<br/>Grasslands--Management.--China--Qinghai Sheng<br/>Tibetans--Economic conditions.--China--Zêkog Xian<br/>Herders--China--Qinghai Sheng.<br/>Nomads--Sedentarization--China--Qinghai Sheng.<br/>Tibetans--Cultural assimilation--China--Zêkog Xian.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Zêkog Xian<br/>China--Qinghai Sheng<br/>Zêkog Xian (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.