Find interstices!

(想写点小感想准备摘录conclusion两句，结果太长了，只能写到这)

拖拖拉拉终于读完，所有文章都几乎读了两遍，还是很容易忘记

不过起码认识到ethnicity问题的复杂性和material circumstances的重要性（所以在高喊反压迫、xx民族甚至x独的时候需要好好考虑平民的生计问题啊）;introduction里还很强调ecology，不过这本书里似乎只有研究南方的文章对此着墨较多，想起那天朋友谈环境史时提到的问题“生活在环境中的何种人在环境变化的过程中如何转化生计？”

可能很多时候我们感觉到高压，但“The historical studies by Faure, Chan, and Siu and Lou remind us how little formal state institutions may matter.” Maybe we should Always find the interstices and write the story about them.

最后想摘录conclusion里蛮宿命论的两句话“Imperial policies, we have shown, could simultaneously promote cultural diversity and assimilation, and the different strands in imperial discourse, or the spaces beyond the imperial gaze, allowed many individuals and groups the flexibility to redefine and relocate themselves.There is much evidence, while China’s leaders continue the search for a unity that is as inclusive as empire yet as integrated as the nation-state, and while its diverse population responds to the opportunities and pressures of post-socialism and globalization, that all these uncertainties and spaces persist.”