From dashes to dragons
Subtitle: the Ikat-patterned textiles of Southeast Asia
By: Michael C. Howard
Series: Studies in the material culture of Southeast Asia -- no. 14
Publisher: White Lotus Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789744801661
Description: Counter This book provides a detailed study of Sinkiang - China's largest province, and of great strategic importance on the Russian border during the Warlord and Kuomintang Eras. It is written to present an analysis of the internal warlord and Islamic politics of Sinkiang, as well as to take account of 'great power' interests in this region, during a period in which it was essentially a Han Chinese colony in the heart of Central Asia. The study is of relevance not only to the history of twentieth-century China, but also to the politics of Islamic reassertion in Central Asia; to the development of the Soviet Union as an imperial power in the Tsarist Russian mould; to an understanding of the cultural and political aspirations of China's national minorities; and should serve - in a world preoccupied with 'Western' colonialism and imperialism - as a reminder that colonialkin and imperialism was not, and is not, an exclusively European preserve.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index.