The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven : Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Narratives, Landscapes, and Practices at Qing-Tibetan Interface  PART I Narratives  2. Discovering the Western Treasure: Tibet in Qing Cosmopolitan Historiography  3. Taming the Eastern Land: China in Tibetan Buddhist Historiography  PART II Landscapes  4. Hierarchizing Spaces: Cosmopolitanism and “Our Holy Dynasty”  5. Ma??alizing Landscape: The Cosmopolitics of Tantric Masters  PART III Practices  6. Local and Translocal Beings: The Guandi Cult in Tibet  7. The Edicts and the Edible: Digesting Imperial Sovereignty in Lhasa  8. Conclusion