The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven: Qing Cosmopolitanism and Its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

This book sheds light on the structure of ＂a unity with diversity＂ developed in the Qing imperial formation (1636-1912) by a case study of the Qing-Tibetan encounters in the eighteenth century.

Fan Zhang is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Peking University (China). Her research concerns ethnic studies, historical anthropology, and anthropological theory. She has carried out historical and ethnographical studies in Tibet and Sichuan.