| The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing Subjects: Sichuan Sheng (China) -- History; Tibet (China) -- History; China -- History -- Qing dynasty 1644–1912; Imperialism -- History; During China's last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911), the empire's remote, bleak, and politically insignificant Southwest rose to become a strategically vital area. This study of the imperial government's handling of the southwestern frontier illuminates issues of considerable importance in Chinese history and foreign relations: Sichuan's rise as a key strategic area in relation to the complicated struggle between the Zunghar Mongols and China over Tibet, Sichuan's neighbor to the west, and consequent developments in governance and taxation of the area. Yingcong Dai is associate professor of history at William Paterson University of New Jersey. |