Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China Volume 18

by Thomas S. Mullaney

Book Overview

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 ). Thomas S. Mullaney...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272749
• ISBN13: 9780520272743
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"