Collaborative nationalism the politics of friendship on China's Mongolian frontier

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Bulag, Uradyn Erden

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In this deeply original study of the Mongols, leading scholar Uradyn E. Bulag draws on key themes of cosmopolitanism and friendship to develop a new concept he terms ""collaborative nationalism."" ...

In this deeply original study of the Mongols, leading scholar Uradyn E. Bulag draws on key themes of cosmopolitanism and friendship to develop a new concept he terms ""collaborative nationalism."" He uses this concept to explore the dilemma of minorities in China as they fight against being embraced too tightly in the bonds of ""friendship."" Through a rich array of case studies, Bulag illuminates the fierce competition among China, Japan, Mongolia, and Russia to appropriate the Mongol heritage to buttress their own national identities. Weighing the options the Mongols face, he arg

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