Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society

Marie-Paule Hille is researcher at the Centre for Modern and Contemporary Chinese Studies (CECMC), School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris. Bianca Horlemann is research associate at the Central Asia Seminar of Humboldt University.Paul K. Nietupski is professor of Asian religions at John Carroll University.

Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society is a richly detailed academic examination into the position of Muslims in Eastern Tibet, examining the historical, economic, political, religious, and linguistics aspects of Tibetan, Muslim, and Chinese interactions in this borderland. Marie-Paule Hille, Bianca Horlemann and Paul K. Nietupski offers a fresh, detailed and insightful perspective into Tibetan-Muslim relations in the region, and highlight new aspects of cross-cultural contacts and religious and linguistic influences.

• Chapter 1: A Study of Qing Dynasty “Xiejia” Rest Houses in Xunhua Subprefecture, Gansu, Yang Hongwei and Max OidtmannChapter 2: In the Footsteps of Garaman or Han Yinu? Rebellion, Nationality Autonomy, and Popular Memory among the Salar of Xunhua County, Benno R. WeinerChapter 3: Self-Identity versus State-Identification of “Tibetan-speaking Muslims” in the Kaligang Area of Qinghai—An Ethnographic Analysis, Chang Chung-FuChapter 4: Linguistic Evidence of Salar-Tibetan Contacts in Amdo, Camille SimonChapter 5: Sufi Lineages among the Salar: an Overview, Alexandre Papas and Ma WeiChapter 6: Islam and Labrang Monastery: A Muslim Community in a Tibetan Buddhist Estate, Paul Kocot NietupskiChapter 7: Victims of Modernization? Struggles between the Goloks and the Muslim Ma Warlords in Qinghai, 1917–1942, Bianca HorlemannChapter 8: Rethinking Muslim-Tibetan Trade Relations in Amdo. A Case Study of the Xidaotang Merchants, Marie-Paule HilleChapter 9: Economic Restructuring and Labor Market Reforms in Amdo, Qinghai: Insights into Contemporary Tibetan-Muslim Conflict, Andrew M. FischerAppendix 1: Conversion Table of Tibetan Place NamesAppendix 2: Conversion Table of Chinese Place NamesAppendix 3: Glossary