William Safran University of Colorado, Boulder

'Well investigated ... stimulating analyses ... a helpful introduction, especially for students starting out in the field of minority studies in China and the comparative aspects of ethnic issues.' - China Information

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Nation, Ethnie, Region, and Religion as Markers of Identity, William Safran; Chapter 2 State Discourses, Minority Policies, and the Politics of Identity in the Lijiang Naxi People's Autonomous County, SYDNEY D. WHITE; Chapter 3 Han–Muslim and Intra-Muslim Social Relations in Northwestern China, COLIN MACKERRAS; Chapter 4 Language Education, Intellectuals and Symbolic Representation: Being an Urban Mongolian in a New Configuration of Social Evolution, NARAN BILIK; Chapter 5 The Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China, ARIENNE M. DWYER; Chapter 6 Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang, BARRY SAUTMAN; Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity Change in the People's Republic of China: An Explanation Using Data from the 1982 and 1990 Census Enumerations, MATTHEW HODDIE; Chapter 8 Unforgiven and Remembered: The Impact of Ethnic Conflicts in Everyday Muslim–Han Social Relations on Hainan Island, KENG-FONG PANG; Chapter 9 Patriotic Viliams and Patriotic Heroes: Chinese Literary Nationalism in the 1990s, YINGJIE GUO;

William Safran University of Colorado, Boulder

'Well investigated ... stimulating analyses ... a helpful introduction, especially for students starting out in the field of minority studies in China and the comparative aspects of ethnic issues.' - China Information

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Nation, Ethnie, Region, and Religion as Markers of Identity, William Safran; Chapter 2 State Discourses, Minority Policies, and the Politics of Identity in the Lijiang Naxi People's Autonomous County, SYDNEY D. WHITE; Chapter 3 Han–Muslim and Intra-Muslim Social Relations in Northwestern China, COLIN MACKERRAS; Chapter 4 Language Education, Intellectuals and Symbolic Representation: Being an Urban Mongolian in a New Configuration of Social Evolution, NARAN BILIK; Chapter 5 The Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China, ARIENNE M. DWYER; Chapter 6 Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang, BARRY SAUTMAN; Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity Change in the People's Republic of China: An Explanation Using Data from the 1982 and 1990 Census Enumerations, MATTHEW HODDIE; Chapter 8 Unforgiven and Remembered: The Impact of Ethnic Conflicts in Everyday Muslim–Han Social Relations on Hainan Island, KENG-FONG PANG; Chapter 9 Patriotic Viliams and Patriotic Heroes: Chinese Literary Nationalism in the 1990s, YINGJIE GUO;

William Safran University of Colorado, Boulder

'Well investigated ... stimulating analyses ... a helpful introduction, especially for students starting out in the field of minority studies in China and the comparative aspects of ethnic issues.' - China Information

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Nation, Ethnie, Region, and Religion as Markers of Identity, William Safran; Chapter 2 State Discourses, Minority Policies, and the Politics of Identity in the Lijiang Naxi People's Autonomous County, SYDNEY D. WHITE; Chapter 3 Han–Muslim and Intra-Muslim Social Relations in Northwestern China, COLIN MACKERRAS; Chapter 4 Language Education, Intellectuals and Symbolic Representation: Being an Urban Mongolian in a New Configuration of Social Evolution, NARAN BILIK; Chapter 5 The Texture of Tongues: Languages and Power in China, ARIENNE M. DWYER; Chapter 6 Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities in China: The Case of Xinjiang, BARRY SAUTMAN; Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity Change in the People's Republic of China: An Explanation Using Data from the 1982 and 1990 Census Enumerations, MATTHEW HODDIE; Chapter 8 Unforgiven and Remembered: The Impact of Ethnic Conflicts in Everyday Muslim–Han Social Relations on Hainan Island, KENG-FONG PANG; Chapter 9 Patriotic Viliams and Patriotic Heroes: Chinese Literary Nationalism in the 1990s, YINGJIE GUO;