隱藏的人群

What is the significance of "Chinese ethnicity"? How did the rulers of modern China incorporate people and territories from the borderlands into the political structure of the country? Do the people of the borderlands exist as a "national" group or as individual "citizens" within the country, and how have they become the contemporary manifestation of the changing face of the modern Chinese borderlands step by step? This book is the result of the theme project "Culture, History, and Nation-building: The Constructing Process of Ethnic Boundaries and Minority Nationalities in Modern China" (2015-2017) at the Academia Sinica. The title of the book, "Hidden Populations," refers to the various cultural groups, hidden or revealed, within the unified political body and clear national borders, as well as some population groups that cross the border; their interaction has affected the complex process of modern "nation-building." The book contains three major themes: ethnic boundaries and nation-building in modern China, non-Han perspectives and the modern evolution of Chinese Islam. The significance of this collection of papers is its gathering of the latest research results in related fields, providing both a macro and specific analysis of the issues surrounding nation-building and the boundaries and identities of minority nationalities. Each article in this collection concentrates on the changes that occurred in the modern Chinese borderlands and how they became the "contemporary." It is a study of the formation process, a marginal study. It deeply observes and dissects the "margin" where change occurs- the time (from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the first half of the 20th century), space (Chinese borderlands), and people (the Miao, the Western Fans, the Hui, the indigenous ethnic groups, and the minority nationalities, etc.) during the transition from imperial China to modern China. The authors explore the micro-social interactions that occur when various groups of people come into contact, as well as their emotions, intentions, and actions. With this, we should have a deeper understanding, appreciation, and reflection on the history and contemporary significance of "how the past shapes the present."

作者简介

【主編】黃克武美國史坦福大學歷史學博士，現任中央研究院近代史研究所特聘研究員。主要研究領域為中國近代思想、文化史、知識分子研究。代表著作：《一個被放棄的選擇：梁啟超調適思想之研究》、《自由的所以然：嚴復對約翰彌爾自由思想的認識與批判》、TheMeaningofFreedom:YanFuandtheOriginsofChineseLiberalism、《惟適之安：嚴復與近代中國的文化轉型》、《近代中國的思潮與人物》、《言不褻不笑：近代中國男性世界中的諧謔、情慾與身體》、《顧孟餘的清高：中國近代史的另一種可能》、《反思現代：近代中國歷史書寫的重構》等，以及有關明清文化史、嚴復、梁啟超、胡適、蔣中正等之學術論文多篇。【作者群】(*以下依姓名筆劃為序)王明珂美國哈佛大學博士，中央研究院院士。現為中研院歷史語言研究所特聘研究員。主...