UID:
almafu_9959240529202883
Format:
1 online resource (475 p.)
ISBN:
9781442204331
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1442204338
Series Statement:
Asia/Pacific/perspectives
Content:
In this deeply original study of the Mongols, leading scholar Uradyn E. Bulag draws on key themes of cosmopolitanism and friendship to develop a new concept he terms ""collaborative nationalism."" He uses this concept to explore the dilemma of minorities in China as they fight against being embraced too tightly in the bonds of ""friendship."" Through a rich array of case studies, Bulag illuminates the fierce competition among China, Japan, Mongolia, and Russia to appropriate the Mongol heritage to buttress their own national identities. Weighing the options the Mongols face, he arg
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: triangulating China's ethnopolitics -- Hunting Chinggis Khan's skull and soul -- Lamas to the rescue : Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism and imperial nationalisms -- Friendship, treason, and collaborative nationalism -- Yearning for friendship : the political in minority revolutionary history -- The flight of the golden pony : socialism and the stillbirth of the Mongolian working class -- Interethnic adoption and the regime of affection -- Conclusion: the specter of interethnic friendship.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-0432-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4422-0431-1
Language:
English
