Empire at the Margins - Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China (Hardcover)

Focusing on the Ming (1368-1644) and (especially) the Qing (1364-1912) eras, this book analyzes crucial moments in the formation of cultural, regional, and religious identities. The contributors examine the role of the state in a variety of environments on China's "peripheries," paying attention to shifts in law, trade, social stratification, and cultural dialogue. They find that local communities were critical participants in the shaping of their own identities and consciousness as well as the character and behavior of the state. At certain times the state was institutionally definitive, but it could also be symbolic and contingent. They demonstrate how the imperial discourse is many-faceted, rather than a monolithic agent of cultural assimilation.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies on China, 28
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Pamela Kyle Crossley • Helen F. Siu • Donald S. Sutton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-23015-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-520-23015-9
Barcode:	9780520230156

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