Table of Contents

Preface List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Prominent Mongolians in the Narrative Map of Mongolia 1. Mongolia: A Peaceful Transition 2. From Russian to Western Influence 3. Pressure for a Market Economy, 1990-1997 4. Political and Economic Dislocations, 1997-2004 5. Herders and the New Economy 6. Poverty and Other Social Problems 7. Culture and the Market Economy 8. A New Mongolia in a New World 9. Sino-Mongolian Relations Afterword Notes Select Bibliography Index

About the Author

Morris Rossabi is Professor of History at the City University of New York and Adjunct Professor of East and Inner Asian History at Columbia University. Among his books are Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers (2004), Bounty from the Sheep (2000), Voyager from Xanadu (1992), Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (California, 1988), and China among Equals (California, 1983).