The Sichuan frontier and Tibet
Subtitle: imperial strategy in the early Qing
By: Yingcong Dai.
Series: A China program book
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295989518; 9780295989525
Subjects: Imperialism -- History; Sichuan Sheng (China) -- History; Tibet (China) -- History; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reign dates of the Qing dynasty, 1636-1911; title: Introduction; title: A humble beginning, 1640-1696; title: A strategic turn from the Steppe to Tibet, 1696-1701; title: The formative era, 1701-1722; title: Realignment in the Yongzheng period, 1723-1735; title: The shaping of independence in the Qianlong period, 1736-1795; title: The military presence in society and economy; title: The benefit and cost of imperial strategy.