Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-253) and index.
Contents:
From empire to nation: the bounding of the Chinese geo-body -- Part I: Strategies of political intervention -- Borderlands of state power: the nationalists and the frontier question -- Domesticating minzu: the Communists and the national question -- Part II: Narratives of cultural innovation -- From the yellow emperor to Peking man: the nationalists and the construction of the Zhonghua minzu -- Han Man's burden: the Communists and the construction of the Zhonghua minzu.
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