books.google.co.uk - 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...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Sichuan_Frontier_and_Tibet.html?id=DYHfVVAAf_kC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Sichuan Frontier and Tibet
