Contestation and Adaptation

Download or read book Contestation and Adaptation written by Enze Han and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares five major ethnic groups in China and how they negotiate their national identities with the Chinese nation-state: Uyghurs, Chinese Koreans, Dai, Mongols, and Tibetans. By studying their diverse pattern of national identity construction, it sheds light on the nation-building processes in China during the past six decades.