| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Using the past to serve the present -- Heteronomy and its discontents -- Everyday resistance: guerrilla actions in the battle over public opinion -- Collective action and violence -- Uyghur transnational organizations. |
| Summary |
For close to half a century, the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, in northwestern China, have struggled to achieve autonomy and independence. As reflected by recent events, however, their efforts have been met mostly with violent resistance, matched by a sophisticated strategy of state-sanctioned propaganda, dissident broadsides, and viral ethnonational rhetoric. Nevertheless, this Muslim minority remains passionate about establishing and expanding its power within government, and China's leaders continue to push back, refusing to concede any physical and political ground. Beginning wi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- History -- 20th century.
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Uighur (Turkic people) |
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China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
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Nationalism -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
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Nationalism. |
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China -- Ethnic relations.
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China. |
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bovingdon, Gardner. Uyghurs. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010 9780231147583 (DLC) 2009052787 (OCoLC)490811464 |
| ISBN |
9780231519410 electronic book |
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0231519419 electronic book |
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0231147589 |
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9780231147583 |
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