Xinjiang
Subtitle: China's Muslim far northwest
By: Michael Dillon
Series: Durham East Asia series; Durham East-Asia series
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon; Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- History
Description: "Xinjiang, the nominally autonomous region in China's far northwest, is of increasing international strategic and economic importance. With a population which is mainly non-Chinese and Muslim, there are powerful forces for autonomy, and independence, in Xinjiang. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Xinjiang. It introduces Xinjiang's history, economy and society, and above all outlines the political and religious opposition by the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang to Chinese Communist rule."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index