| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; 38 |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; 38.
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| Contents |
China, Xinjiang and Central Asia : 'glocality' in the year 2008 / Donald H. McMillen -- The 'centrality' of Central Asia in world history, 1700-2007: from pivot to periphery and back again? / Michael Clarke -- Positioning Xinjiang in Eurasian and Chinese history : differing visions of the 'Silk Road' / James A. Millward -- 'Failed states' on the 'perilous frontier' : historical bases of state formation in Afghanistan and Central Asia / Geoff Watson -- Xinjiang and Central Asia : interdependency, not integration / Ann McMillan -- Uyghurs in the Central Asian republics : past and present / Ablet Kamalov -- Xinjiang and Central Asia since 1990 : views from Beijing and Washington and Sino-American relations / Colin Mackerras -- Central Asia's domestic stability in official Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin : from hegemony to multilateral pragmatism / Kirill Nourzhanov -- 'Glocality', 'Silk Roads' and new and little 'great games' in Xinjiang and Central Asia / Michael Clarke |
| Summary |
Central Asia and Xinjiang, the far northwestern province of China, are of increasing international importance. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the region?s significance historically, of the contemporary international forces which affect the region, and of current political, economic and cultural developments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Uighur (Turkic people) -- Asia, Central
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Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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HISTORY.
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Politics and government
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International relations
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Uighur (Turkic people)
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Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Relations -- Asia, Central
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Asia, Central -- Relations -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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Asia, Central -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125700
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
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| Subject |
Central Asia
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China
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China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mackerras, Colin., editor
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Clarke, Michael E., editor
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| ISBN |
9780203881705 |
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0203881702 |
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1134053878 |
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9781134053872 |
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1282084372 |
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9781282084377 |
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9786612084379 |
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6612084375 |
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