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The Concrete Plateau - Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Hardcover)
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The Concrete Plateau - Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Hardcover)
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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In The Concrete Plateau, Andrew Grant examines the ways that
urbanization has extended into the Tibetan Plateau. Many people
still think of Tibetans as not being urban, or that if they do live
in cities, this means that they have lost something. Much of this
is relates to the expectation that urbanization can only erode
essential aspects of Tibetan culture. Grant pushes back against
this notion through his in-depth exploration of Tibetans'
experiences with urban life in the growing city of Xining, the
largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. Grant shows how Tibetans'
actions to sustain their community challenge China's civilizing
machine: a product of state-led urbanization that seeks to
marginalize ethnic and indigenous groups. In their homes,
neighborhoods, and businesses, Tibetans' assertion of cultural
identity and modification of the built environment has prevented
their assimilation into China's national urban project. The
Concrete Plateau presents insights into the politics of urban
development not only in Tibet and China, but to contexts of urban
diversity all around world. Its findings are important for studies
of urban development in the Global South where in-migrating ethnic
and indigenous groups are negotiating top-down urban projects.
Grant's book offers a profound rethinking of urbanization,
rurality, culture, and the politics of place.
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