Introduction to Chinese Nationalities

Author: Song Shuhua
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Publishing Date: 2002-02-01
Features: The book is edited by Professor Song Shuhua, President of the China National Ethnic Studies Society, a life professor at Minzu University of China, and an advisor to the Academic Committee of the Research Center for Ethnic Minority Studies in China. Professor Chen Kejin, the associate editor, is a part-time professor at the Center. The main contributors include Professor Qi Qingfu, Director of the Center, and Professor Bai Zhensheng, the Academic Leader of the Center. Other authors are also full-time or part-time researchers at the Center. An Introduction to Chinese Ethnic Groups is a 670,000-word work that includes theoretical and ethnographic sections, making it a comprehensive and systematic discussion of China's ethnic minorities. With the consent of the renowned ethnologist and sociologist Fei Xiaotong, the article The Diverse yet Integrated Pattern of the Chinese Nation is included as the th chapter, enhancing the book's theoretical depth and authority. The book constructs a new framework, with the upper part focusing on major theoretical issues of Chinese ethnic groups, consisting of four chapters: The Diverse yet Integrated Pattern of the Chinese Nation, The Historical Evolution of the Socio-Economic Conditions of Ethnic Minorities in China, An Analysis of the Traditional Cultural Structure of Ethnic Minorities in China, and The Formation and Development of Socialist Ethnic Relations. The lower part is an ethnography of Chinese ethnic groups, comprising five chapters: The Han Ethnic Group, Ethnic Minorities in Northeast and Inner Mongolia, Ethnic Minorities in Northwest China, Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China, and Ethnic Minorities in Central and Southeast China. Describing ethnic groups by region is a significant breakthrough. This book is an important theoretical work on Chinese ethnic studies and will undoubtedly have a major impact on research in this field. As part of the "SERIES OF THE RESEARCH CENTER FOR ETHNIC MINORITY STUDIES, MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA, A HUNDRED KEY HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH BASES OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION," this book is the first to use the Ministry of Education's key research base identifier.