Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Civilizing Projects and the Reaction to Them 1
4. PART I: The Historiography of Ethnic Identity Scholarly and Official Discourses
5. The Naxi and the Nationalities Question 39
6. The History of the History of the Yi 63
7. Defining the Miao 92
8. Making Histories 117
9. Pere Vial and the Gni-p'a 140
10. Voices of Manchu Identity, 1635-1935 186
11. PART II: The History of Ethnic Identity The Process of Peoples
12. Millenarianism, Christian Movements, and Ethnic Change among the Miao in Southwest China 217
13. Chinggis Khan 248
14. The Impact of Urban Ethnic Education on Modern Mongolian Ethnicity, 1949-1966 278
15. On the Dynamics of Tai/Dai-Lue Ethnicity 301
16. Glossary 329
17. References 333
18. Contributors 367
19. Index 369