03880nam 2200721Ia 450 991080624440332120200520144314.01-134-05387-81-282-08437-297866120843790-203-88170-2(CKB)1000000000746852(EBL)425299(OCoLC)476265854(SSID)ssj0000121353(PQKBManifestationID)11141719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121353(PQKBWorkID)10092869(PQKB)10459752(MiAaPQ)EBC425299991000000000746852(Au-PeEL)EBL425299(CaPaEBR)ebr10296867(CaONFJC)MIL208437(EXLCZ)99100000000074685220080819d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChina, Xinjiang and Central Asia[electronic resource] history, transition and crossborder interaction into the 21st century /edited by Colin Mackerras and Michael ClarkeLondon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (209 p.)Routledge contemporary China series ;38Description based upon print version of record.0-415-67333-X 0-415-45317-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 integration6 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 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; IndexCentral 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 intenRoutledge contemporary China series ;38.Uighur (Turkic people)Asia, CentralUighur (Turkic people)ChinaXinjiang Uygur ZizhiquXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)RelationsAsia, CentralAsia, CentralRelationsChinaXinjiang Uygur ZizhiquAsia, CentralHistoryChinaPolitics and government1976-2002Uighur (Turkic people)Uighur (Turkic people)851.6900Mackerras Colin256972Clarke Michael98883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQTaylor & FrancisBOOK9910806244403321China, Xinjiang and Central Asia4098037UNINA