What is China? : territory, ethnicity, culture, and history / Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael G...
What is China? : territory, ethnicity, culture, and history / Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael G...
What is China? : territory, ethnicity, culture, and history / Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael Gibbs Hill.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/2462
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English
Chinese
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Physical content
xv, 201 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: On the historical formation of "China" and the dilemma of Chinese identity -- Worldviews: from "all-under-heaven" in ancient China to the "myriad states" in the modern world -- Borders: on "Chinese" territory -- Ethnicity: including the "four barbarians" in "China"? -- History: Chinese...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Chinese natives rarely attempt to explain their country to outsiders; everything they know is China, and everyone they know is Chinese. China is so all-absorbing that the idea of helping foreigners understand its customs, traditions, and history seems pointless. In this book, Ge Zhaoguang has undertaken the task of explaining China to foreigners. H...
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What is China? : territory, ethnicity, culture, and history / Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael Gibbs Hill.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation Of
Translation of: Ge, Zhaoguang, 1950- He wei Zhongguo. First edition. Hong Kong : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780199441723 (OCoLC)878103971
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G 2018/2462
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74VKVo6aZ2kO
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0674737148 (alkaline paper)
9780674737143 (alkaline paper)
DDC
951
MMS ID
991024165688102626
