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" Belonging and Ethnicity in China's West: Urbanizing Minorities in Xining City on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau "
Andrew Nicholas Grant
Agnew, John A.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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803777
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TL48580
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1752516987; 3743756
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Aksoy, Nuriye
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Belonging and Ethnicity in China's West: Urbanizing Minorities in Xining City on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau\ Andrew Nicholas GrantAgnew, John A.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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2016
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Ph.D.
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Geography
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2016
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285
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Committee members: Fan, Chi-Fun Cindy; Levine, Nancy
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-36501-5
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China’s twenty-first century economic rise has had a powerful impact on the lives of Tibetans and other ethnic minorities living in its Western Region, the administrative region composed of China’s Inner Asian border provinces. Urbanization in this region is reshaping the lives and livelihoods of erstwhile farmers and pastoralists moving to urban environments. The state hopes to decrease ethnic tension through economic development and the enrollment of all frontier peoples into the national consumer economy. In light of this situation, this dissertation asks: are Tibetans’ lives and livelihoods changing for better or for worse? Focusing on one exemplary city in this region, I argue that despite increased material prosperity, ethnic differences have been exacerbated as perceptions about unequal access to work and ethnic discrimination have proliferated. Urbanization has led to great changes in the economy, the built environment, and communications technology that influence how Tibetans come to belong in the city.
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Asian Studies; Geography
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Social sciences;Belonging;China;Ethnicity;Social media;Tibet;Urbanization
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Agnew, John A.
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GeographyUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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