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Empire at the Margins: Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China
Pamela Kyle Crossley (Ed.)
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Description for Empire at the Margins: Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China
Hardback. Editor(s): Crossley, Pamela; Siu, Helen; Sutton, Donald S. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 388 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Focusing on the Ming (1368-1644) and (especially) the Qing (1364-1912) eras, this book analyzes crucial moments in the formation of cultural, regional, and religious identities. The contributors examine the role of the state in a variety of environments on China's "peripheries," paying attention to shifts in law, trade, social stratification, and cultural dialogue. They find that local communities were critical participants in the shaping of their own identities and consciousness as well as the character and behavior of the state. At certain times the state was institutionally definitive, but it could also be symbolic and contingent. They demonstrate how the ... Read more
Focusing on the Ming (1368-1644) and (especially) the Qing (1364-1912) eras, this book analyzes crucial moments in the formation of cultural, regional, and religious identities. The contributors examine the role of the state in a variety of environments on China's "peripheries," paying attention to shifts in law, trade, social stratification, and cultural dialogue. They find that local communities were critical participants in the shaping of their own identities and consciousness as well as the character and behavior of the state. At certain times the state was institutionally definitive, but it could also be symbolic and contingent. They demonstrate how the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Series
Studies on China
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520230156
SKU
V9780520230156
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About Pamela Kyle Crossley (Ed.)
Pamela Kyle Crossley is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. Helen Siu is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Donald Sutton is Professor of History and Anthropology at Carnegie Mellon University.
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