The Making of the Chinese State Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Shin Leo K.
In this study, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's modern ethnic configurations to the Ming Dynasty.
In this well-crafted study of the relationships between the state and its borderlands, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's modern ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty (1368?1644). Challenging the traditional view that China's expansion was primarily an exercise of incorporation and assimilation, Shin argues that as the centre extended its reach to the wild and inaccessible south, the political interests of the state, the economic needs of the settlers, and the imaginations of the cultural elites all facilitated the demarcation and categorisation of these borderland 'non-Chinese' populations. The story told here, however, extends beyond the imperial period. Just as Ming emperors considered it essential to reinforce a sense of universal order by demarcating the 'non-Chinese', modern-day Chinese rulers also find it critical to maintain the myth of a unified multi-national state by officially recognising a total of fifty-six 'nationalities'.
1. History of the margins; 2. Nature of the borderland; 3. Politics of chieftaincy; 4. Mapping of settlement; 5. Culture of demarcation; 6. Margins in history.
Date de parution : 01-2012
Ouvrage de 270 p.
15.2x22.9 cm
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Ouvrage de 270 p.
15.9x23.5 cm
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