PREFACE I TOWARD A PEOPLE’S ANTHROPOLOGY 1 CHINA’S NATIONAL MINORITIES — AN INTRODUCTORY SURVEY 25 ON THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CHINA’S NATIONAL MINORITIES 46 ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION IN CHINA 78 MODERNIZATION AND NATIONAL MINORITIES IN CHINA 102 REVISITING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE YAO PEOPLE 121 APPENDICES 145 Life in Minority Areas (pictorial ) 146 NATIONAL MINORITIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION 171 INDEX 176