Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Materials / F. Pirie and T. Huber -- Introduction / Fernanda Pirie and Toni Huber -- Conflict And The Cultural Revolution: The Nyemo Ani Incident Of 1969 / Melvyn C. Goldstein , Ben Jiao and Tanzen Lhundup -- Display And Performance In Mongolian Cultural Campaigns / Ines Stolpe -- Competing Factions And Elite Power: Political Conflict In Inner Mongolia / David Sneath -- The Politics Of Memory: Gender, Autobiography And Maoist Violence In Amdo / Charlene Makley -- Religion And Conflict Over Land In The Republic Of Altai: Is There A Difference Between Building A Shrine And Creating A Nature Park? / Agnieszka Halemba -- The Muslim Cook, The Tibetan Client, His Lama And Their Boycott: Modern Religious Discourses Of Anti-Muslim Economic Activism In Amdo / Andrew Martin Fischer -- Apparitions Of Red Horses: Narratives Of Destruction In Bodongpa Monasteries In Central Tibet / Jill Sudbury -- Violence And Opposition Among The Nomads Of Amdo: Expectations Of Leadership And Religious Authority / Fernanda Pirie -- When Brothers Separate: Conflict And Mediation Within Polyandrous Houses In Central Tibet / Heidi Fjeld -- Contributors / F. Pirie and T. Huber -- Index / F. Pirie and T. Huber.

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Revolution and social dislocation under the communist regimes of China and the Soviet Union, followed by the upheavals of reform and modernisation, have been experienced by Tibetan, Mongolian and Siberian people, forcibly integrated into these nation states, as conflict, violence and social disruption. This volume, bringing together case studies from throughout the region, assesses the experiences and legacies of such events. Highlighting the agency of those who shape and manipulate conflict and social order and their historical, cultural and religious resources, the contributors discuss evidence of social continuity, as well as the recreation of social order. Engaging with anthropological debates on conflict and social order, this volume provides an original comparative perspective on both Tibet and Inner Asia.