Table of Contents for
Frontier Passages
List of Maps
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Note on Transliteration
1. Prologue: From the World of China to China of the World
Historical Renewal
The World of China
China of the World
China Nationalized
2. Bolshevization: Limitations of Conversion
Anti-Imperialism in Two Tones
Containing the Chinese Revolution
Go Among the “Minorities”?
3. Sovietization: A Rebellious Option
“Advanced South” versus “Backward North”
“Red Banner” versus “Black Banner”
Iconoclastic Hunanese and the “Marvelous Georgian”
International or National Minorities
4. Northernization: The Search for a Peripheral Strategy
“Upper-Stratum Line”
Where To?
“Great Hanism”
“Bod-Pa People’s Republic”
5. Nationalization: In Lieu of Internationalization
“Breakthrough to the Soviet Union”
Genesis of a Failure
“Trap of Nationalism”
“Chinese Nation”
6. Borderization: Trans-Ethnic Reach
Neighborly Behavior
A Time for “Incidents”
“Minsorities” Close-Up
Frontier Personality
7. Epilogue: From the “Chinese Nation” to China of Nations?
A Matter of “Maturity”
“Historic Self-Determination
A “New Era”
“From the Forefathers’ Footsteps”
Notes
Bibliography
Index