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The State, Relational Governance, and Nomad Sedentarization: Land Reform in Inner Mongolia, 1900–1911

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2014

Liping Wang
Liping Wang*
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University of Chicago
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lwang2@haverford.edu
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Abstract

This article is a study of the Inner Mongolian land reform undertaken by the Qing government in the last decade of its rule. Instead of portraying land reform as a state process of taming and transforming nomads, I examine the metamorphosis of the multi-ethnic governing relationships enabled by the reform. The frontier governance system on which I focus consisted of coalitions and conflicts among four key players: Mongol banners, neighboring Han Chinese provinces, the Court of Dependencies, and frontier military governors. By elucidating the changing relationships that bound these players together, I pinpoint the most significant agendas of land reform, how the Mongols' position vis-à-vis state agencies changed throughout the reform process, and to what extent these changes resulted in state centralization. My study illuminates a variety of topics, including nomad sedentarization, frontier politics, and modern state expansion.

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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , July 2014 , pp. 714 - 744
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 2014 

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