Eurasian Crossroads : : A History of Xinjiang, Revised and Updated / / James Millward.

Since antiquity, the vast Central Eurasian region of Xinjiang, or Eastern Turkestan, has stood at the crossroads of China, India, the Middle East, and Europe, playing a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political histories of Asia and the world. Today, it comprises one-sixth of the territory...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps and Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition
  • 1. Ancient Encounters (earliest times–8th century)
  • 2. Central Eurasia Ascendant (9th–16th centuries)
  • 3. Between Islam and China (16th–19th centuries)
  • 4. Between Empire and Nation (late 19th–early 20th century)
  • 5. Between China and the Soviet Union (1910s–1940s)
  • 6. In the People’s Republic of China (1950s–1980s)
  • 7. Between China and the World (1990s–2000s)
  • 8. Colonialism, Assimilationism and Ethnocide (2000s–2020s)
  • Appendix: Xinjiang Historical Timeline
  • General Bibliography
  • Index