S Frederick Starr

Xinjiang

China's Muslim Borderland

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Produktbeschreibung

Xinjiang or the New Territory, makes up a sixth of China's land mass. This work surveys the region's geography; its history of military and political subjugation to China; economic, social, and commercial conditions; demography, public health, and ecology; and patterns of adaption, resistance, opposition, and evolving identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 158mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780765613189
• ISBN-10: 0765613182
• Artikelnr.: 21434008

Autorenporträt

Starr, S. Frederick

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Illustrative Materials
List of Acronyms
Note on Transliteration
1. Introduction
Part I. Historical Background
2. Political and Cultural History of the Xinjiang Region through the Late Nineteenth Century
3. Political History and Strategies of Control
1884-1978
Part II. Chinese Policy Today
4. The Chinese Program of Development and Control
1978-2001
5. The Great Wall of Steel: Military and Strategy in Xinjiang
Part III. Xinjiang from Within
6. The Economy of Xinjiang
7. Education and Social Mobility among Minority Populations in Xinjiang
8. A Land of Borderlands: Implications of Xinjiang's Trans-border Interactions
Part IV. Costs of Control and Development
9. The Demography of Xinjiang
10. The Ecology of Xinjiang: A Focus on Water
11. Public Health and Social Pathologies in Xinjiang
Part V. The Indigenous Response
12. Acculturation and Resistance: Xinjiang Identities in Flux
13. Islam in Xinjiang
14. Contested Histories
15. Responses to Chinese Rule: Patterns of Cooperation and Opposition
Notes
Bibliographic Guide to Xinjiang
Contributors
Index