{"product_id":"what-is-china-zhaoguang-ge-9780674737143","title":"What Is China?: Territory, Ethnicity, Culture, and History","description":"\u003cp\u003eGe Zhaoguang, an eminent historian of traditional China and a public intellectual, takes on fundamental questions that shape the domestic and international politics of the world's most populous country and its second largest economy. \u003ci\u003eWhat Is China?\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insider's account that addresses sensitive problems of Chinese identity and shows how modern scholarship about China--whether conducted in China, East Asia, or the West--has attempted to make sense of the country's shifting territorial boundaries and its diversity of ethnic groups and cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGe considers, for example, the ancient concept of \u003ci\u003etianxia\u003c\/i\u003e, or All-Under-Heaven, which assigned supremacy to the imperial court and lesser status to officials, citizens, tributary states, and tribal peoples. Does China's government still operate with a belief in divine rule of All-Under-Heaven, or has it taken a different view of other actors, inside and outside its current borders? Responding both to Western theories of the nation-state and to Chinese intellectuals eager to promote \"national learning,\" Ge offers an insightful and erudite account of how China sees its place in the world. As he wrestles with complex historical and cultural forces guiding the inner workings of an often misunderstood nation, Ge also teases out many nuances of China's encounter with the contemporary world, using China's past to explain aspects of its present and to provide insight into various paths the nation might follow as the twenty-first century unfolds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhaoguang Ge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674737148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674737143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Zhaoguang Ge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925567078655,"sku":"9780674737143","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_81d0ac14-67d5-4748-896d-f795b2d9a0f3.jpg?v=1681078035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-china-zhaoguang-ge-9780674737143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}