Rulers and rascals: The politics of gold in Mongolian Qing history

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-304

  High, Mette M ^a   Schlesinger, J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Mongolia; Political rulership; Qing Empire; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; GOLD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINING; POLITICS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 78649494399     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2010.518008     Document Type: Article

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