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The invention of China /

China's current leadership lays claim to a 5,000-year-old civilization, but "China" as a unified country and people, Bill Hayton argues, was created far more recently by a small group of intellectuals. In this compelling account, Hayton shows how China's present-day geopolitical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayton, Bill (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
China > Historiography > Political aspects.
Collective memory > China.
China > Politics and government.
China > Claims.
China > Boundaries.
South China Sea > Boundaries.
China > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The invention of China
  • The invention of sovereignty
  • The invention of the Han race
  • The invention of Chinese history
  • The invention of Chinese nation
  • The invention of Chinese language
  • The invention of a national territory
  • The inventio n of maritime claim
  • Conclusion
  • Dramatis personae
  • Notes
  • A guide to further reading
  • Index.