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