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The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine
The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine
The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine
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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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Release dateJul 15, 2022
ISBN9781501764110
The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine
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Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant graduated in English Literature and Drama from the University of Sheffield. He set up and ran an independent theatre company which had critical success with local, regional and national audiences – including those at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He lives in Sheffield and Chicago, and is the author of Even and Die Twice.

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