PREFACE I
TOWARD A PEOPLE’S ANTHROPOLOGY 1
CHINA’S NATIONAL MINORITIES — AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY 25
ON THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CHINA’S NATIONAL MINORITIES 46
ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION IN CHINA 78
MODERNIZATION AND NATIONAL MINORITIES IN CHINA 102
REVISITING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE YAO PEOPLE 121
APPENDICES 145
Life in Minority Areas (pictorial ) 146
NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION 171
INDEX 176