China s exploitation by Western imperialism is well known but the imperialist treatment within China of ethnic minorities has been little explored Around the geographic periphery of China as well as some of the less accessible parts of the interior and even in its cities live a variety of peoples of different origins languages ecological adaptations and cultures These people have interacted for centuries with the Han Chinese majority with other minority ethnic groups minzu and with non Chinese but identification of distinct groups and analysis of their history and relationship to others still are problematic Cultural Encounters on China s Ethnic Frontiers provides rich material for the comparative study of colonialism and imperialism and for the study of Chinese nation building It represents some of the first scholarship on ethnic minorities in China based on direct research since before World War II This combined with increasing awareness in the West of the importance of ethnic relations makes it an especially timely book It will be of interest to anthopologists historians and political scientists as well as to sinologists

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