UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CATALOGUE

The politics of imagining Asia /

Wang, Hui.

The politics of imagining Asia / Wang Hui ; edited by Theodore Hu ters. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - vi, 360 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-345) and index.

The politics of imagining Asia -- How to explain "China" and its "mo dernity" : rethinking the rise of modern Chinese thought -- Local forms , vernacular dialects, and the war of resistance against Japan : the "n ational forms" debate -- The "Tibetan question" East and West : Orienta lism, regional ethnic autonomy, and the politics of dignity -- Okinawa and two dramatic changes to the regional order -- Weber and the questio n of Chinese modernity.

9780674055193 (alk. paper)

2010-036508


Civilization, Modern.
Comparative civilization.
Historiography-- Political aspects--East Asia.
East Asia-- Relations--Western countries.
Western countries-- Relations--East Asia.


East Asia-- Civilization.

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