Poaching State Politics in Socialist China: Uxin Ju's Grassland Campaign, 1958–1966Footnote^*

* I am as grateful as ever for my intellectual mentors, Yi‐Fu Tuan, Robert Sack, and Roger Kasperson, for their support over the years and for their comments on earlier versions of this article. Thanks also go to Matt Turner and Mona Domosh for helpful critiques, to George Johnson for introducing me to the theories of Michel de Certeau, and to Richard Hennessey for editorial assistance and moral support. During fieldwork, kind Mongolian informants offered their knowledge, time, and views/stories generously; they are too numerous to name here. Thoughtful suggestions from Editors Douglas Johnson and Viola Haarmann and constructive comments from anonymous reviewers have helped in important ways in sharpening the argument of this article.

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