The Peoples of China
An Encyclopedia of Chinese Ethnic Groups
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Beschreibung
This major reference work is compiled by Haiwang Yuan, a prominent Chinese-American scholar renowned for his expertise in China’s ethnic cultures. The physical structure of the book is divided into 56 chapters, allow each to focus on a single ethnic group of China while provides an in-depth analysis of its origin, geographic distribution, social structure, customs, and historic achievements. With its ambitious content, rich details, and fluent and authentic English, this work offers a well-founded and practical introduction to the 56 ethnic groups in China, it is also a masterpiece shows China’s multicultural diversity. This book can serve as a comprehensive reference to scholars, postgraduate students and professional readers in the specific field of China’s ethnic cultures.
This major reference work was compiled by Haiwang Yuan, a prominent Chinese American scholar renowned for his expertise in China’s ethnic cultures. Organized into 56 chapters, each devoted to one of China’s ethnic groups, the book provides an in-depth account of their origins, geographic distribution, social structures, customs, and historical achievements. Ambitious in scope, rich in detail, and written in fluent, idiomatic English, it offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to China’s 56 ethnic groups while showcasing the country’s rich cultural diversity. The book will serve as a comprehensive reference for scholars, postgraduate students, specialists, and other readers interested in China’s ethnic cultures.
Presents the rich details of the origin, population distribution and specific custom of each ethnic group in China serves as a comprehensive reference to scholars and postgraduate students of China’s ethnic group offers a well-founded and practical introduction to the 56 ethnic groups in China
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Haiwang Yuan
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East Asian cultural studies China’s ethnic minority identity Studies on ethnic groups in China Chinese ethnography Historic achievement and distinctive characteristics