Eurasian crossroads : a history of Xinjiang / James A. Millward.
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New York : [England] :
Columbia University Press ; Hurst,
c2007.
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| Format: | Book |
| Summary: | "Eurasian Crossroads is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has, since the Bronze Age, played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world." "Drawing on primary sources in several Asian and European languages, James A. Milward presents a thorough study of Xinjiang's history and people from antiquity to the present and takes a balanced look at the position of Turkic Muslims within the PRC today."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 440 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
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| Notes: | Bib#: 1082169 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-411) and index. |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 0231139241 (cloth : alk. paper) 1850658188 : 9780231139243 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Bib#: | 1082169 |
