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Ethnic identity in Tang China / Marc S. Abramson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abramson, Marc Samuel, 1969-
- Series:
- Encounters with Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--China.
- Ethnology.
- China.
- China--Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic relations.
- China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907.
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 258 pages).
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Students of the history and archaeology of early civilizations will find China in the Early Bronze Age the most up-to-date and wide-ranging introduction to its topic now in print. Scholars in Chinese studies will value this work as a handbook and research guide. For all readers, this volume makes fascinating reading in the formative stages of Chinese culture accessible.
- Contents:
- 1 Ethnicity in the Chinese Context 1
- 2 The Ambiguity of the Non-Han: Stereotyping and Separation 18
- 3 Buddhism as a Foreign Religion 52
- 4 Deep Eyes and High Noses: The Barbarian Body 83
- 5 The Geopolitics of Ethnicity 108
- 6 Varieties of Ethnic Change 150
- Appendix A Chinese Dynasties 193
- Appendix B Sui and Tang Emperors 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812201017
- 0812201019
- OCLC:
- 802057634
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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