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China, Xinjiang and Central Asia : history, transition and crossborder interaction into the 21st century / edited by Colin Mackerras and Michael Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary China series ; 38.
- Routledge contemporary China series ; 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Uighur (Turkic people)--Asia, Central.
- Uighur (Turkic people).
- Uighur (Turkic people)--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--Relations--Asia, Central.
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China).
- Asia, Central--Relations--China--Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
- Asia, Central.
- Asia, Central--History.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Central Asia and Xinjiang - the far north-western province of China - are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence; whilst China, Russia and Iran all continue to exert strong influence. These external, international influences have had a significant impact on local politics, with the overthrow of a long-standing regime in Kyrgyzstan, continued unrest and opposition to the current regime in Uzbekistan and the inten
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and maps; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 China, Xinjiang and Central Asia: 'Glocality' in the year 2008; 2 The 'centrality' of Central Asia in world history, 1700-2008: From pivot to periphery and back again?; 3 Positioning Xinjiang in Eurasian and Chinese history: Differing visions of the 'Silk Road'; 4 'Failed States' on the 'Perilous Frontier': Historical bases of state formation in Afghanistan and Central Asia; 5 Xinjiang and Central Asia: Interdependency - not integration
- 6 Uyghurs in the Central Asian Republics: Past and present7 Xinjiang and Central Asia since 1990: Views from Beijing and Washington and Sino-American relations; 8 Central Asia's domestic stability in offcial Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin: From hegemony to multilateral pragmatism; 9 'Glocality', 'Silk Roads' and new and little 'great games' in Xinjiang and Central Asia; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-05387-8
- 1-282-08437-2
- 9786612084379
- 0-203-88170-2
- 9780203881705
- OCLC:
- 476265854
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