Coming to terms with the nation : ethnic classification in modern China / Thomas S. Mullaney ; with a foreword by Benedict Anderson.

China is a vast nation comprised of hundreds of distinct ethnic communities, each with its own language, history, and culture. Today the government of China recognizes just 56 ethnic nationalities, or minzu, as groups entitled to representation. This controversial new book recounts the history of th...

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Main Author: Mullaney, Thomas S. (Thomas Shawn)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Series:Asia--local studies/global themes ; 18.
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