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Mapping Shangrila : contested landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands /
edited by Emily T. Yeh and Chris Coggins.

pages cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-295-99357-7 (hardback : alkaline paper) —

ISBN 978-0-295-99358-4 (paperback : alkaline paper)

1. China—Relations—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 2. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Relations—China. 3. Landscapes—Political aspects—China. 4. Landscapes—Political aspects—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 5. Shangri-La (Imaginary place) 6. Borderlands—China. 7. Borderlands—China—Tibet Autonomous Region. 8. Geography—Political aspects—China. 9. China—Environmental conditions. 10. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—Environmental conditions.

I. Yeh, Emily T. (Emily Ting) II. Coggins, Chris, 1963–

DS740.5.T5M37 2014327.51051’5—dc232014004037

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