The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation

by Prasenjit Duara

Book Overview

China's history tends to be studied from a national perspective only. The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation attempts to train our eyes to see the picture of China less as a self-contained entity, a "geobody", than as part of a broader set of global and regional processes; from the "outside-in". It covers the major historical problems of China in the twentieth century, namely imperialism, nationalism, state-building, religion and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415482909
• ISBN13: 9780415482905
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"