Christopher Kaplonski

Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia

Memory of Heroes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using Mongolia as its example, this book examines how knowledge is transmitted and transformed in light of political change by looking at shifting conceptions of historical figures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780415654630
• ISBN-10: 0415654637
• Artikelnr.: 36540054

Autorenporträt

Christopher Kaplonski, affiliated to the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge, has carried out extensive research in post-socialist Mongolia where he has worked since the early 1990s.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Politics, Memory and Identity 2. Ulaanbaatar,
Fieldwork and Identity 3. Democracy comes to Mongolia 4. The Symbols of
Democracy 5. The Icebergs of History 6. Chinggis Khaan: Creating the Uls 7.
Defending and Regaining the Uls: Zanabazar and Sühbaatar 8. Social Memory
and Evocative Transcripts Glossary Bibliography