Communist Multiculturalism: Ethnic Revival in Southwest China

by Susan K. McCarthy

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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295800417

The communist Chinese state promotes the distinctiveness of the many minorities within its borders. At the same time, it is vigilant in suppressing groups that threaten the nation's unity or its modernizing goals. In Communist Multiculturalism, Susan K. McCarthy examines three minority groups in the province of Yunnan, focusing on the ways in which they have adapted to the government's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989092
• ISBN13: 9780295989099
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher