Around the geographic periphery of China, as well as some of the less accessible parts of the interior, live a variety of people of different origins, languages, ecological adaptations, and cultures. This title provides material for the comparative study of colonialism and imperialism and for the study of Chinese nation-building.
Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology at the University of Washington. Other contributors are Wurlig Borchigud, Siu-woo Cheung, Norma Diamond, Shih-chung Hsieh, Almaz Khan, Ralph A. Litzinger, Charles F. McKhann, Shelley Rigger, and Margaret Byrne Swain.