Johan Elverskog, The Pearl Rosary: Mongol Historiography in the Early Nineteenth-Century Ordos (Occasional Papers, No. 26)

In this work, Elverskog offers not only the first translation of the 1835 Subud Erike but also situates it within Mongol historiography of the Manchu period. In particular, he uses the work to challenge the conventional view of the imagined decline of Qing-period Mongol historical writing, especially the notion that it solely became a reflection of the state power. Instead, Elverskog shows how Mongol historians in nineteenth-century Ordos were maintaining their own vibrant and dynamic tradition. 196 pages. ISBN 978-0-910980-66-1.