Collaborative Nationalism: The Politics of Friendship on China's Mongolian Frontier (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442204317)

In this deeply original study of the Mongols, leading scholar Uradyn E. Bulag draws on key themes of cosmopolitanism and friendship to develop a new concept he terms "collaborative nationalism." He uses this concept to explore the dilemma of minorities in China as they fight against being embraced too tightly in the bonds of "friendship." Through a rich array of case studies, Bulag illuminates the fierce competition among China, Japan, Mongolia, and Russia to appropriate the Mongol heritage to buttress their own national identities. Weighing the options the Mongols face, he argues that the ethnopolitical is not so much about identity as it is about the capacity of an ethnic group to decide and organize its own vision of itself, both within its community and in relation to other groups.

Author: Uradyn E. Bulag
ISBN-10: 1442204311
ISBN-13: 9781442204317
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2010
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d