The Discourse of Race in Modern China
| Author | : Frank Dikötter |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190231132 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0190231130 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (130 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Discourse of Race in Modern China by : Frank Dikötter
Download or read book The Discourse of Race in Modern China written by Frank Dikötter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dikötter writes accessible history and has won the prestigious BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for his book Mao's Great Famine. The author shows how and why notions of 'race' became so widespread in China, now updated to include the continuation of this trend into the twenty-first century. He examines how Western notions of scientific racism have played out in China.
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