China's Quest for National Identity

China's Quest for National Identity

by Lowell Dittmer (Author), Lowell Dittmer (Author), Samuel S. Kim (Author)

Synopsis

How to define a Chinese national identity remains as hotly contested a question among today's Chinese citizens as it has been among foreign observers. This volume brings together ten new essays by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of Chinese national identity in past and contemporary settings.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 18 May 1993

ISBN 10: 0801480647
ISBN 13: 9780801480645

Author Bio
Lowell Dittmer is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of several books including China's Continuous Revolution: The Post-Revolutionary Epoch, 1949-1981. Samuel S. Kim is Lecturer in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. His many previous books include China, the United Nations, and the World Order.