LEADER 04535nam 22005893u 450 001 9910157427903321 005 20230807202727.0 010 $a0-7456-9045-9 035 $a(CKB)4280000000000096 035 $a(EBL)2066658 035 $a(OCoLC)911001285 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2066658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2066658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11101305 035 $a(OCoLC)918985263 035 $a(EXLCZ)994280000000000096 100 $a20151005d2015|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEthnicity in China $eA Critical Introduction 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cWiley$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 1 $aChina Today 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7456-5360-X 311 $a0-7456-5361-8 327 $a""Cover""; ""Series page""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Map""; ""Chronology""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1: The People's Republic of China as a Multinational Country""; ""Ethnic Demography""; ""The Ethnic Classification Project in the 1950s""; ""Beijing's Assimilation Stance""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""2: Ethnic Inequality""; ""Socioeconomic Changes in the Post-1949 Era""; ""State Support for Socioeconomic Development in Minority Areas""; ""Ethnic Tourism""; ""Environmental Degradation and Protection"" 327 $a""Evaluations of State Support to Minority Areas""""Affirmative Action""; ""Evaluations of the Affirmative Action Programmes""; ""Empirical Evidence of Ethnic Inequality""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""3: Minority Cultures""; ""State Policy on Minority Cultures in the Post-1949 Era""; ""Minority Customs, Medicines and Sports""; ""Minority Literatures, Arts and Crafts""; ""Minority Languages""; ""Religion""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""4: Regional Autonomy""; ""Historical Context""; ""The Development of Regional Autonomy since 1949"" 327 $a""The Power of Autonomous Regions""""Evaluations of Regional Autonomy in China""; ""Han Migration into Minority Areas""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""5: Intra- and Inter-Group Differences""; ""Intra-Group Differences""; ""Inter-Group Differences among Ethnic Minorities""; ""The State's Perceptions of Minority Threat""; ""A Comparative Study of the Hui and Uyghurs""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""6: Tibet and Xinjiang""; ""Historical Background""; ""The Socialist Transformation of Tibet and Xinjiang: 1949a???1966""; ""The Cultural Revolution of 1966a???1976"" 327 $a""From Socialist Revolution to Economic Development in the Post-1978 Era""""Rising Ethnic Conflicts in Tibet and Xinjiang since the 1990s""; ""Ethnic Issues as a Challenge to Governance in Tibet and Xinjiang""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""7: China's Nationality Policy and International Minority Rights""; ""Minority Rights: A Historical Perspective""; ""A Paradigm Shift in Minority Rights""; ""The Minority Rights Regime in China""; ""Minority Rights and China's Foreign Policy""; ""Changes in China's Policy towards Minority Rights"" 327 $a""Rigidities and Inertia in Beijing's Minority Rights Regime""""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""End User License Agreement"" 330 $a On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Scattered across the vast landmass, ethnic minorities in China occupy a precarious place in the state, where the Confucian concept of cultural community plays down ethnicity and encourages integration of minority nationalities into the majority Han-Chinese society. This insightful book reveals the ethnic diversity underlying the People's Republic of China and examines how ethnicity intersects with social and 410 0$aChina Today 517 $aChina Today Ser. 517 $aChina Today 517 $aEthnicity in China 606 $aEthnic groups - China 607 $aChina$xEthnic relations 615 4$aEthnic groups - China. 676 $a305.8 700 $aZang$b Xiaowei$0674531 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157427903321 996 $aEthnicity in China$92657543 997 $aUNINA