Eurasian Crossroads
A History of Xinjiang
2010
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-067-9 (ISBN)
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84904-067-9 (ISBN)
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Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world. This title presents the history of Xinjiang.
"Eurasian Crossroads" is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world. Xinjiang's population comprises Kazakhs, Kirghiz, and Uighurs, all Turkic Muslim peoples, as well as Han Chinese, and competing Chinese and Turkic nationalist visions boiled over into insurrection in 2009. This book provides the essential historical and cultural background to this fascinating part of the world.
"Eurasian Crossroads" is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world. Xinjiang's population comprises Kazakhs, Kirghiz, and Uighurs, all Turkic Muslim peoples, as well as Han Chinese, and competing Chinese and Turkic nationalist visions boiled over into insurrection in 2009. This book provides the essential historical and cultural background to this fascinating part of the world.
James A. Millward is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. His publications include Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity and Empire in Qing Xinjiang, 1759-1864, (1998).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, maps, port. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 215 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84904-067-2 / 1849040672 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84904-067-9 / 9781849040679 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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