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This book examines the evolution of the local identity in China from historical times to the present day. It traces the expression of local identity in religion and myth, in the construction of the provincial character, in the growth of cities, in literature, in economic development and in the expansion of the Chinese state.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. vii
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  1. Contributors
  2. p. ix
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  1. Introduction: What Does the Chinese Person Identify With?
  2. pp. 1-13
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  1. Chapter 1. Provinces, City Gods and Salt Merchants: Provincial Identity in Ming and Qing Dynasty Hangzhou
  2. pp. 15-35
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  1. Chapter 2. Becoming Cantonese, the Ming Dynasty Transition
  2. pp. 37-50
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  1. Chapter 3. Literary, Ethnic or Territorial? Definitions of Guangdong Culture in the Late Qing and the Early Republic
  2. pp. 51-66
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  1. Chapter 4. Xinjiang: In Search of an Identity
  2. pp. 67-81
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  1. Chapter 5. The Kings Who Could Fly Without Their Heads: ‘Local’ Culture in China and the Case of the Hmong
  2. pp. 83-98
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  1. Chapter 6. The Image and Identity of the Shanghainese
  2. pp. 99-106
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  1. Chapter 7. Creating a Shanghai Identity — Late Qing Courtesan Handbooks and the Formation of the New Citizen
  2. pp. 107-123
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  1. Chapter 8. Women, Work and Identity: A Study of two 1930s Novels on the Opera Singer
  2. pp. 125-137
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  1. Chapter 9. Local Identity in Chinese Fiction and Fiction of the Native Soil ‘Xiangtu Wenxue’
  2. pp. 139-160
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  1. Chapter 10. Local Religion and Village Identity
  2. pp. 161-176
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  1. Chapter 11. Remade in Hong Kong: Weaving Into the Chinese Cultural Tapestry
  2. pp. 177-196
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 197-207
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 209-212
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