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Empire at the Margins : Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China by Crossley, Pamela Kyle (editor);Siu, Helen F. (editor);Sutton, Donald S. (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Empire at the Margins : Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China about?

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.

Who reads Empire at the Margins : Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China?

Author

Crossley, Pamela Kyle (editor);Siu, Helen F. (editor);Sutton, Donald S. (editor)

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781423745426

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, World History