Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transcription -- Mongol Reign Periods -- Qing Reign Periods -- Introduction -- The Mongols on the Eve of Conquest -- The Mongols and Political Authority -- Qing Ornamentalism and the Cult of Chinggis Khan -- The Poetics, Rituals and Language of Being Mongol, Buddhist and Qing -- The Buddhist Qing and Mongol Localization in the Nineteenth Century -- Epilogue -- Notes -- List of Tibetan Spellings -- Chinese Character Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the Author.