Title: A Translucent Mirror
First published: 1999
Description: "In this exploration of the origins of nationalism and concepts of racial identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the shifting ideologies of a large, early modern land-based empire, the Qing (1636-1912). Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, Crossley argues that motifs introduced under the Qing in the eighteenth century - part of the crystallizing categories of identity that the Qing themselves promoted - continue to distort the modern understanding of Qing origins.

What has often been repudiated by nationalist foes of empire, it turns out, is frequently itself a creation of empire."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Politics and government, Nationalism, China, history, Nationalisme, Politique et gouvernement, HISTORY, Vorstenhuizen, Geschiedenis, Identiteit, Imperialisme, Ideologie
Places: China
Time periods: 1644-1912
LC classification: DS754.17 .C76 1999