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Coming to terms with the nation : ethnic classification in modern China /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Asia--local studies/global themes ;
18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 the most sweeping attempt to sort and categorize the nation's enormous population: the 1954 Ethnic Classification project (minzu shibie). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520947634 0520947630 0520272749 9780520272743 1282917889 9781282917880 9786612917882 6612917881 |