In this Book
- Chieftains into Ancestors: Imperial Expansion and Indigenous Society in Southwest China
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
Official Chinese history has always been written from a centrist viewpoint. Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history � one that recognizes the ethnic, religious, and gendered transformations that took place in China's nation-building process.
Table of Contents
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- Figures and Table
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-21
- Contributors
- pp. 247-248
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774823708
MARC Record
OCLC
814661656
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No