Books by Jiang Rong
Wolf Totem
by Jiang Rong
Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong is perhaps one of the least historically accurate books on this list, but has been recommended twice on Five Books, suggesting it nonetheless carries an important message. It was a huge bestseller in China. As China expert Isabel Hilton put it, “Wolf Totem contains certain things that have universal romantic appeal: wolves, tribesmen, and so on. But the message that central Chinese policies have been catastrophic for the people who were China’s neighbours – and who are now incorporated into China – very much needed to be said.”
Interviews where books by Jiang Rong were recommended
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The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
by James C Scott -
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The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China
by Mark C Elliott -
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Wolf Totem
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The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
by Rian Thum -
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Forgotten Kingdom: Lijiang and the Naxi People
by Peter Goullart
The best books on Minority Survival in China, recommended by James Palmer
The best books on Minority Survival in China, recommended by James Palmer
China’s minority peoples have shaped the country’s history and its identity. They led its most successful dynasty, the Qing. But nowadays, their role has been reduced to that of tourist spectacle. Beijing-based writer James Palmer picks the best books on China’s ethnic minorities.
The best books on China’s Environmental Crisis, recommended by Isabel Hilton
Editor of the website China Dialogue, Isabel Hilton says the evidence of environmental disaster in China is dramatic. She discusses six of the most influential books on environmentalism in China.
