| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations, 1 map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Durham East-Asia series
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Durham East-Asia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Map: Northwest China; Introduction to Xinjiang; Xinjiang's geographical position; Xinjiang before 1949: a historical outline; Ethnic groups in northwest China on the eve of CCP control and Uyghur language and culture in twentieth-century Xinjiang; The Three Districts Revolution and 'peaceful liberation': the CCP takes political and military control; The economy of Xinjiang in the reform and opening era; Turkic opposition and CCP response. |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese communist rule. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dillon, Michael, 1949- Xinjiang. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415320518 (DLC) 2003007580 (OCoLC)51969027 |
| ISBN |
0203166647 (electronic book) |
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9780203166642 (electronic book) |
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0415320518 (Cloth) |
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9786610054671 |
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6610054673 |
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