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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777476503321

Autore

Dillon Michael <1949-, >

Titolo

Xinjiang -- China's Muslim far northwest / / Michael Dillon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-36095-9

1-134-36096-7

1-280-05467-0

0-415-32051-8

0-203-16664-7

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 201 p. : ill., map

Collana

Durham East-Asia series

Disciplina

951/.6

Soggetti

Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Part I Introduction to Xinjiang -- chapter 1 Xinjiang’s geographical position -- chapter 2 Xinjiang before 1949: a historical outline -- chapter 3 Ethnic groups in northwest China on the eve of CCP control and Uyghur language and culture in twentieth-century Xinjiang -- chapter 4 The Three Districts Revolution and ‘peacful liberation’ -- control Three Districts Revolution or Islamic Republic? -- chapter 5 The economy of Xinjiang in the reform and opening era -- part Part II Turkic opposition and CCP response -- chapter 6 Political and religious opposition to Han Chinese control (1949–1996) -- Cultural, nationalist and Islamist -- chapter 7 Beijing’s response to opposition in Xinjiang (1980–1996) -- chapter 8 Political leadership in Xinjiang during the People’s Republic -- chapter 9 ‘Strike Hard’: the long hot summers of 1996 and 1997 -- chapter 10 Underground fires: the conflict continues -- part Part III The changing international context -- chapter 11 New great games in Central Asia -- Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan -- chapter 12 China and the newly independent Central Asian republics -- chapter 13 Xinjiang and the ‘war against terror’ -- part Part IV Conclusion -- chapter 14 Xinjiang in the twenty-first century.