Table of contents : Contents Contributors Preface 1. In Search of a Theory of National Identity 2. National Identity in Premodern China: Formation and Role Enactment 3. Chinese National Identity and the Strong State: The Late Qing-Republican Crisis 4. Rites or Beliefs? The Construction of a Unified Culture in Late Imperial China 5. Change and Continuity in Chinese Cultural Identity: The Filial Ideal and the Transformation of an Ethic 6. China's Intellectuals in the Deng Era: Loss of Identity with the State 7. China Coast Identities: Regional, National, and Global 8. China as a Third World State: Foreign Policy and Official National Identity 9. China's Multiple Identities in East Asia: China as a Regional Force 10. Whither China's Quest for National Identity? Index Books Written under the Auspices of the Center of International Studies Princeton University 1952-1991 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data