Contents Wim van Spengen & Lama Jabb: Introduction. Studies in the History of Eastern Tibet 7 Beri ´Jigs med dbang rgyal: Beri rgyal po´i mnga´thang dar rgud skor rags tsam gleng pa 19 Yudru Tsomu: Political and Territorial Survival in the Sino-Tibetan borderland: A case Study of the Lcags La Kingdom during the Qing Dynasty 55 Alexander Gardner: The Twenty-Five Great Sites of Khams: A Narrative Map of an Imperiled Place 97 Wim van Spengen: Early Pentecostal Missionary Activity along the Sino-Tibetan Border. The P.M.U. 1912-1924 133 Paul K. Nietupski: Nationalism in Labrang, Amdo: Apa Alo/Huang Zhengqing 179 Lama Jabb: Banditry in Traditional Amdo: The Story of Yidak Kela 209 Marielle Prins: Speechmaking: Contextualized Teaching in Rgyalrong Culture 233 Notes on Contributors 261