{"product_id":"frontier-fieldwork-andres-rodriguez-9780774867566","title":"Frontier Fieldwork: Building a Nation in China's Borderlands, 1919-45","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow early-twentieth-century fieldwork put the Sino-Tibetan borderlands at the center of China's nation-making process.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The center may hold, but borders can fray. \u003ci\u003eFrontier Fieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e explores the work of social scientists, agriculturists, photographers, students, and missionaries who took to the field on China's southwestern border at a time when foreign political powers were contesting China's claims over its frontiers. In the early twentieth century, when the threat of imperialism loomed large in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands, these fieldworkers undertook a nation-building exercise to unite a disparate, multi-ethnic population at the periphery of the country. Drawing on Chinese and Western materials, Andres Rodriguez exposes the transformative power of the fieldworkers' efforts, which went beyond creating new forms of political action and identity. His incisive study demonstrates that fieldwork placed China's margins at the center of its nation-making process and race to modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andres Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774867566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774867566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.63d","brand":"Andres Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131858317567,"sku":"9780774867566","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d0cc7fc-cb0b-48a2-9fa6-0b44bf04361e.jpg?v=1687476812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frontier-fieldwork-andres-rodriguez-9780774867566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}