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Author:   Stevan Harrell
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780295981239

ISBN 10:   0295981237
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 February 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Maps Acknowledgments Part One | The Political, Natural, and Historical Setting 1. Some Ethnic Displays 2. Foundations of Ethnic Identity 3. Ethnicity, Linguistics, and Politics 4. The Land and Its History Part Two | Primordial Ethnicity: The Nuosu 1. Nuosu History and Culture 2. Mishi: A Demographically and Culturally Nuosu Community 3. Baiwu: Nuosu in an Ethnic Mix 4. Manshuiwan: Nuosu Ethnicity in a Culturally Han Area 5. Nuosu, Yi, China, and the World Part Three | Historically Contingent Ethnicity: Prmi and Naze 1. The Contingent Ethnicity of the Prmi 2. The Contested Identity of the Naze 3. Representing the Naze Part Four | Residual and Instrumental Ethnicity 1. Ethnicity and Acculturation: Some Little Groups Part Five | Default Ethnicity: The Han 1. The Majority as Minority Conclusion Comparing Ways of Being Ethnic Glossary Bibliography Index

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"""This book is primarily about the peoples of Liangshan and Panzhihua. However, it also has quite a bit to say about ethnic relations in the People's Republic, about ethnology, and about the nature of the Chinese state and its future."" -- Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia"

This book is primarily about the peoples of Liangshan and Panzhihua. However, it also has quite a bit to say about ethnic relations in the People's Republic, about ethnology, and about the nature of the Chinese state and its future. - Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Author Information

Stevan Harrell is professor emeritus of anthropology and environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington. He is the author of Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (University of Washington Press, 2001) and An Ecological History of Modern China (University of Washington Press, 2023); and editor of the University of Washington Press book series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China.

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