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Beginning around the turn of the twentieth century, the Chinese state launched onto a course of development that seemed to resemble the process in early modern Europe that Charles Tilly and others have called state making (Tilly 1975). The phenomenon of an expanding state structure penetrating levels of society untouched before, subordinating, co-opting, or destroying the relatively autonomous authority structures of local communities in a bid to increase its command of local resources, appeared to be repeating itself in late imperial and republican China. The similarities include the impulse toward centralization, bureaucratization, and rationalization; the insatiable drive to increase revenues for both military and civilian purposes; the violent resistance of local communities to this inexorable process of intrusion and extraction; and the formation of alliances between the state and local elites to consolidate their power (Duara 1983).

A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an in-depth overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, directly addressing the issues of historical thought in a globalized context. Provides an overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, through essays written by a team of leading international scholars Complements the Companion to Western Historical Thought, placing non-Western perspectives on historiography at the center of the discussion Explores the different historical traditions that have shaped the discipline, and the challenges posed by modernity and globalization.

A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an in-depth overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, directly addressing the issues of historical thought in a globalized context. Provides an overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, through essays written by a team of leading international scholarsComplements the Companion to Western Historical Thought, placing non-Western perspectives on historiography at the center of the discussionExplores the different his

Asia redux : conceptualising a region for our times -- The idea of Asia and its ambiguities -- The intricacies of premodern Asian connections -- Asia is not one -- Response to Prasenjit Duara, "Asia redux" -- Floating : no gears shifting -- Response to comments on "Asia redux

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Sovereignty and Citizenship in a Decentered China -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Reconsidering the Middle Kingdom -- Part I. The Center and the Noncenter -- 2. How Much of China Is Ruled by Beijing? -- 3. Symbols of Southern Identity: Rivaling Unitary Nationalism -- 4. The Languages of China -- Part II. Geographic Margins -- NORTHWEST -- 5. Chinese Turkestan: Xinjiang -- 6. Ethnoreligious Resurgence in a Northwestern Sufi Community -- SOUTHWEST AND THE DIASPORA -- 7. Town and Village Naxi Identities in the Lijiang Basin -- 8. Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity in Kunming -- 9. The Construction of Chinese and Non-Chinese Identities -- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST -- 10. The Secret History of the Hakkas: The Chinese Revolution as a Hakka Enterprise -- Part III. Social and Cultural Margins -- SEXUALITY -- 11. Sexual Behavior in Modern China -- 12. The Cut Sleeve Revisited: A Contemporary Account of Male Homosexuality -- 13. "The Moon Reflecting the Sunlight": The Village Woman -- ECONOMIC MARGINS -- 14. The Floating Population in the Cities: Markets, Migration, and the Prospects for Citizenship -- POPULAR CULTURE: ROCK AND ROLL -- 15. The Politics of Popular Music in Post-Tiananmen China -- SPIRITUAL LIFE -- 16. Magic, Science, and Qigong in Contemporary China -- 17. The Spirits of Reform: The Power of Belief in Northern China -- Afterword: Centers and Peripheries, Nation and World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.