Coming to terms with the nation ethnic classification in modern China

• Main Author: Mullaney, Thomas S
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley University of California Press 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Asia : local studies/global themes
• Subjects: 20th century; China; Classification; Ethnicity; Ethnology; Government policy; History; Minorities; Nation; Population; 20th century; China

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 th...