Ethnic identity in Tang China

Ethnic identity in Tang China / Marc S. Abramson.

Ethnic Identity in Tang China is the first work in any language to explore comprehensively the construction of ethnicity during the dynasty that reigned over China for roughly three centuries, from 618 to 907. Often viewed as one of the most cosmopolitan regimes in China's past, the Tang had ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abramson, Marc Samuel, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Series:Encounters with Asia.
Subjects:
618-907
Ethnology > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Ethnic relations
Ethnology
Tang Dynasty (China)
China > Ethnic relations.
China > History > Tang dynasty, 618-907.
China
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Ethnicity in the Chinese Context
  • Chapter 2. The Ambiguity of the Non-Han
  • Chapter 3. Buddhism as a Foreign Religion
  • Chapter 4. Deep Eyes and High Noses
  • Chapter 5. The Geopolitics of Ethnicity
  • Chapter 6. Varieties of Ethnic Change
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Chinese Dynasties
  • Appendix B. Sui and Tang Emperors
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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