Synopses & Reviews
Since Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms began in the early 1980s, the People's Republic of China has rejoined global politics as a world power. The country is likely to become more open and its internal politics will no doubt affect the rest of the world. With more than 1.2 billion people divided into hundreds of ethnic groups, all dominated by the Han people, China's politics and its foreign policy are bound to be affected by ethnicity and ethnic rivalry. This book is designed to give librarians, students, scholars, and educated readers a ready reference for background information of interpreting ethnic events in China.
Generally defining ethnicity in terms of language, this book provides individual essays on hundreds of Chinese ethnic groups, including ethnic groups living in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The book also includes a chronology, bibliography, and a breakdown of the People's Republic of China's ethnic political subdivisions.
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This book gives librarians, students, scholars, and educated readers a ready-reference for background information to understand ethnic groups in China, and to interpret events in the light of the country's strong level of ethnicity.ARBA
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...An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China is a well researched and well written work. To the knowledge of this reviewer, there is no book like this anywhere else. Thus, it has considerable value for anyone doing research on China....An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China is highly recommended to research libraries and scholars on China.American Journal of Chinese Studies
Synopsis
Provides a ready reference for understanding China's ethnic groups, ethnic rivalries, and the impact of these rivalries on China's internal politics.
Synopsis
Since Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms began in the early 1980s, the People's Republic of China has rejoined global politics as a world power. The country is likely to become more open and its internal politics will no doubt affect the rest of the world. With more than 1.2 billion people divided into hundreds of ethnic groups, all dominated by the Han people, China's politics and its foreign policy are bound to be affected by ethnicity and ethnic rivalry. This book is designed to give librarians, students, scholars, and educated readers a ready reference for background information of interpreting ethnic events in China. Generally defining ethnicity in terms of language, this book provides individual essays on hundreds of Chinese ethnic groups, including ethnic groups living in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The book also includes a chronology, bibliography, and a breakdown of the People's Republic of China's ethnic political subdivisions.
About the Author
JAMES S. OLSON is Distinguished Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Sam Houston State University.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Dictionary
Appendices
2elected Bibliography
Index