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Titolo |
China, Xinjiang and Central Asia [[electronic resource] ] : history, transition and crossborder interaction into the 21st century / / edited by Colin Mackerras and Michael Clarke |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-05387-8 |
1-282-08437-2 |
9786612084379 |
0-203-88170-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 38 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MackerrasColin |
ClarkeMichael |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Uighur (Turkic people) - Asia, Central |
Uighur (Turkic people) - China - Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu |
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) Relations Asia, Central |
Asia, Central Relations China Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu |
Asia, Central History |
China Politics and government 1976-2002 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and maps; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: 'Glocality' in the year 2008; 2 The 'centrality' of Central Asia in world history, 1700-2008: From pivot to periphery and back again?; 3 Positioning Xinjiang in Eurasian and Chinese history: Differing visions of the 'Silk Road'; 4 'Failed States' on the 'Perilous Frontier': Historical bases of state formation in Afghanistan and Central Asia; 5 Xinjiang and Central Asia: Interdependency - not integration |
6 Uyghurs in the Central Asian Republics: Past and present7 Xinjiang and Central Asia since 1990: Views from Beijing and Washington and Sino-American relations; 8 Central Asia's domestic stability in offcial |
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Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin: From hegemony to multilateral pragmatism; 9 'Glocality', 'Silk Roads' and new and little 'great games' in Xinjiang and Central Asia; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Central Asia and Xinjiang - the far north-western province of China - are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence; whilst China, Russia and Iran all continue to exert strong influence. These external, international influences have had a significant impact on local politics, with the overthrow of a long-standing regime in Kyrgyzstan, continued unrest and opposition to the current regime in Uzbekistan and the inten |
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