Part I Nation-Building and Ethnicity
1.Nation—Building and Ethnicity
2.Nation—Building of China’S Pluralist Unity and the Future Perspectives
3.Ethnic Relations in Contemporary China——Cultural Tradition and Ethnic Policies since l 949
4.A New Perspective in Guiding Ethnic Relations in the 2 1 st Century：De—politicization’of Ethnicity in China
5.Education of Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary China
6.Bilingual Education for China’S Ethnic Minorities
Part II Tibet.Past and Present
7.Economic Patterns of the Tibet Autonomous Region：The Past and Present
8.Marriages and Spouse Selection in Tibet
9.Population Structure and Changes in the Tibet AutonomousRegion—An Analysis of the Recent Census Data
10.Han and Tibetan Residential Patterns in Lhasa
11.Temporary Migrants in Lhasa in 2005
part III Social Changes in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia
12.Economic Development，Labor Transference，and MinorityEducation in the West ofChina
13.Population Distribution and Relations between Ethnic Groups in the Kashgar Prefecture，Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
14.Changes of Nomadic PaUems and Steppe Grassland Ecosystem in Inner Mongolia
15.Changes in Local Administration and Their Impact on Community Life in the Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
16.Migrant and Ethnic Integration in the Process of Soci0—economic Change in Inner Mongolia：A Village Study
17.“Species”or“Cultural Groups”：A Comment on E J. Gill—White’S Article
References
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