Inventing the Nation

by Henrietta Harrison

Book Overview

With Chinese nationalism a vital ingredient of both the domestic politics of the People's Republic of China and its international relations, this book explores how China came to be a nation, arguing that from early times China had all the features of a nation state- a common language, culture, and bureaucracy- and that China as it exists today was invented through the construction of a modern state.

The book describes the attitudes of eighteenth-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340741341
• ISBN13: 9780340741344
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"