Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers

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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295804057

Upon coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist government proclaimed that its stance toward ethnic minorities--who comprise approximately eight percent of China's population--differed from that of previous regimes and that it would help preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the fifty-five official "minority nationalities." However, minority culture suffered widespread destruction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984120
• ISBN13: 9780295984124
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"