The Chinese State at the Borders (Contemporary Chinese Studies) by Diana Lary (PDF)

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The People’s Republic of China claims to have 22,000 kilometres of land borders and 18,000 kilometres of coast line. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion: border peoples gratefully accept high culture in China and become inalienable parts of the country. And yet, the “centre” had to fight against manifestations of discontent in the border regions, not only to maintain control over the regions themselves, but also to prevent a loss of power at the edges from triggering a general process of regional devolution in the Han Chinese provinces. The essays in this volume look at these issues over a long span of time, questioning whether the process of expansion was a benevolent civilizing mission.

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Editorial Reviews: Review By presenting new work, much of it by younger and Canadian scholars, this volume, complete with a comprehensive bibliography, offers access to a burgeoning literature on China’s borders from the Ming to the present. — Valerie Hansen, Yale University ― International History Review XXX, 3The Chinese State at the Borders is well-researched, thought-provoking, and highly literate – the contributors are first-rate scholars. Any reader interested in the history of Chinese frontiers or the nature of the Chinese state, past and present, will benefit from this multidisciplinary volume. — Bernard Luk, York University and The Hong Kong Institute of EducationThis book is of great importance in helping to reshape our conceptions of “China” as a spatial entity . . . The Chinese State at the Borders makes a highly significant contribution to the surprisingly scanty literature on China’s borders, and extends its reach beyond that through comparative examples. — Naomi Standen, co-editor of Frontiers in Question: Eurasian Borderlands, 700-1700 Review “This book is of great importance in helping to reshape our conceptions of China as a spatial entity . . . The Chinese State at the Borders makes a highly significant contribution to the surprisingly scanty literature on China’s borders, and extends its reach beyond that through comparative examples.”―Naomi Standen, co-editor of Frontiers in Question: Eurasian Borderlands, 700-1700″The Chinese State at the Borders is well-researched, thought-provoking, and highly literate― the contributors are first-rate scholars. Any reader interested in the history of Chinese frontiers or the nature of the Chinese state, past and present, will benefit from this multidisciplinary volume.”―Bernard Luk, York University and The Hong Kong Institute of Education Book Description The essays in this volume look at these issues over a long span of time, questioning whether the process of expansion was a benevolent civilizing mission. About the Author Diana Lary is a professor emerita of history at the University of British Columbia. Contributors include Timothy Brook, Nicola Di Cosmo, Benjamin Elman, Stevan Harrell, Van Nguyen-Marshall, Pitman Potter, Peter Perdue, André Schmid, Leo Shin, Wang Ning, Alexander Woodside, and Victor Zatsepine. Read more

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⭐Well informed, carefully researched and clearly written, this book is full of new ideas on an important but under-researched region

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