Unity and Diversity: Local Cultures and Identities in China

ISBN 10: 9622094023 / ISBN 13: 9789622094024

Verlag: Hong Kong Univ Pr, Hong Kong, 1996

Beschreibung

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011754

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Unity and Diversity: Local Cultures and Identities in China
• Verlag: Hong Kong Univ Pr, Hong Kong
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9622094023
• ISBN-13: 9789622094024
• Einband: Soft cover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Asian history and politics

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Faure works on the history of Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta and Chinese business history. He is currently University Lecturer in Modern Chinese History and Fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. Tao Tao Liu works on modern Chinese fiction and Chinese poetry. She is University Lecturer in Modern Chinese and Fellow of Wadham College at the University of Oxford.