China, Xinjiang and Central Asia history, transition and crossborder interaction into the 21st century /

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 a...

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Other Authors: Mackerras, Colin., Clarke, Michael.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Series:Routledge contemporary China series ; 38.
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Table of Contents:
  • Michael Clarke.
  • Kirill Nourzhanov
  • Colin Mackerras
  • Ablet Kamalov
  • Ann McMillan
  • Geoff Watson
  • James A. Millward
  • Michael Clarke
  • Donald H. McMillen
  • The 'centrality' of Central Asia in world history, 1700-2007: from pivot to periphery and back again? /
  • Positioning Xinjiang in Eurasian and Chinese history : differing visions of the 'Silk Road' /
  • 'Failed states' on the 'perilous frontier' : historical bases of state formation in Afghanistan and Central Asia /
  • Xinjiang and Central Asia : interdependency, not integration /
  • Uyghurs in the Central Asian republics : past and present /
  • Xinjiang and Central Asia since 1990 : views from Beijing and Washington and Sino-American relations /
  • Central Asia's domestic stability in official Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin : from hegemony to multilateral pragmatism /
  • 'Glocality', 'Silk Roads' and new and little 'great games' in Xinjiang and Central Asia /
  • China, Xinjiang and Central Asia : 'glocality' in the year 2008 /