
Ethnic Minorities in Modern China
Colin Mackerras(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 11. March 2011
Book
1760 pages
978-0-415-57393-1 (ISBN)
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Description
China is the world's most populous country with fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities: approximately 123 million people, taking up over 60 per cent of China's territory. And, while China's dizzying growth has made it a major world force, both economically and strategically, one of the chief concerns of the rising Chinese state-not new, but gaining an ever higher priority-is to remain united and become better integrated. Yet over the past decade, ethnic tensions appear to have grown sharper among some minorities. Rioting in the Tibetan areas in March 2008 and in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in July 2009 have shown the volatility of ethnic relations in those particular areas and underscore the urgent need for a greater understanding of the situation.
This new Routledge Major Work collection addresses that need. It answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
This new Routledge Major Work collection addresses that need. It answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
3311 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-57393-1 (9780415573931)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies, Griffith University
Content
Part 1: Theoretical and Identity Questions Relating to China's Ethnic Minorities
Part 2: Historical Background
Part 3: Politics and Policy
Part 4: Economics and Economic Development
Part 5: Society and Social Features
Part 6: Influences on the Mind: Religion and Education
Part 7: China's Minorities: Separatism; Implications for International Relations
Part 8: Overview Accounts of China's Ethnic Minorities
Part 2: Historical Background
Part 3: Politics and Policy
Part 4: Economics and Economic Development
Part 5: Society and Social Features
Part 6: Influences on the Mind: Religion and Education
Part 7: China's Minorities: Separatism; Implications for International Relations
Part 8: Overview Accounts of China's Ethnic Minorities