Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of illustrations viii
4. Preface ix
5. Note on Transliterations and Place Names xv
6. Abbreviations and Terms xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. State Space: Power, Fear, and the State of Exception 29
9. Part I. Soil
10. The Aftermath of 2008 (I) 57
11. 2. Cultivating Control: Nature, Gender, and Memories of Labor in State Incorporation 60
12. Part II. Plastic
13. Lhasa Humor 95
14. 3. Vectors of Development: Migrants and the Making of “Little Sichuan” 97
15. 4. The Micropolitics of Marginalization 129
16. 5. Indolence and the Cultural Politics of Development 163
17. Part III. Concrete
18. Michael Jackson as Lhasa 191
19. 6. “Build a Civilized City”: Making Lhasa Urban 195
20. 7. Engineering Indebtedness and Image: Comfortable Housing and the New Socialist Countryside 231
21. Conclusion 264
22. Afterword: Fire 269
23. Notes 273
24. References 295
25. Index 313