| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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data file |
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Shona language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Routledge contemporary China series ; 38
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Routledge contemporary China series ; 38.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Relations -- Asia, Central.
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Asia, Central -- Relations -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
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Central Asia. |
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Relations. |
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China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. |
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Asia, Central -- History.
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History. |
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Uighur (Turkic people) -- Asia, Central.
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Uighur (Turkic people) |
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Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.
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China. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1976-2002 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Mackerras, Colin.
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Clarke, Michael, 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: China, Xinjiang and Central Asia. London ; New York : Routledge, 2009 9780415453172 0415453178 (DLC) 2008036724 (OCoLC)244293303 |
| ISBN |
9780203881705 (electronic book) |
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0203881702 (electronic book) |
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9780415453172 (print) |
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0415453178 (print) |
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