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Author:   Morris Rossabi
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.231kg
ISBN:  

9781538162989

ISBN 10:   1538162989
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   15 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Map of the Silk Roads Acknowledgments 1 Setting the Stage: Xinjiang and Imperial and Early Republican China Physical Environment Silk Roads Early History and the Silk Roads Mongol Era and Xinjiang to 1750s China Rules Xinjiang Rebellion in Xinjiang and Aftermath End of the Qing Dynasty and Consequences 2 China, the USSR, and the Emergence of Uyghurs USSR Involvement and Chinese and Uyghur Responses Chinese Communists Emerge Victorious New Communist Policies Repeated Changes in Communist Policies Emergence of Radical Initiatives 3 Moderation and Ensuing Violence, 1976–2000 Era of Reform in Xinjiang Uyghur Protests Start in 1990 Government Responses to Protests Increases in Violence and “Strike Hard” 4 “Carrots and Sticks” in the Twenty-First Century Shanghai Cooperation Organization, 9/11 Aftereffects vs. Moderation Uyghur Dissatisfaction and PRC Responses Violent Explosions Peace through Moderation or Strike Hard Policies? Xi Jinping and Three New Policies Xi Reacts t

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""China and the Uyghurs is a go-to book for those who want to read about the Uyghurs and the Chinese state for the first time. In present times, the plight of the Uyghurs is receiving increasing attention, but their situation is still often misunderstood. Furthermore, and due to the study in China and the Uyghurs of a longer time frame than other books on the Uyghurs, those readers who are relatively familiar with the topic will still benefit from the original historical perspective of Rossabi's work."" --The New Arab ""As a brief introduction to its topic, this is by far the best and most balanced account I have seen. Rossabi obviously knows his subject through and through. He shows a passion and enthusiasm for China and the Uyghurs that comes from years of engagement and concern. Despite its compactness, the book contains an immense amount of interesting and relevant information. Rossabi remains remarkably objective while covering such a highly controversial subject and succeeds in showing various sides of the argument and why people disagree so strongly. I found the whole book engrossing and strongly recommend it to general and specialist readerships alike."" --Colin Mackerras, Griffith University ""No one could write with greater authority on the borderland peoples of China and Central Asia than Morris Rossabi whose first breakthrough book on the topic was published in 1975. In his latest work, China and the Uyghurs, he presents an intriguing, uniquely informed history of the Uyghur minority from its murky origins as a distinctive linguistic, religious, tribal group in the ninth century to its 'national minority' status in the Soviet period to its contentious, indeterminate place in PRC/Xinjiang politics today. Thoroughly evidence-based, impressively evenhanded, China and the Uyghurs is a timely book, a definite must-read for Americans now assessing 'what's next' in regional power plays and ethnic group tensions following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan."" --Paula S. Harrell, Georgetown University As a brief introduction to its topic, this is by far the best and most balanced account I have seen. Rossabi obviously knows his subject through and through. He shows a passion and enthusiasm for China and the Uyghurs that comes from years of engagement and concern. Despite its compactness, the book contains an immense amount of interesting and relevant information. Rossabi remains remarkably objective while covering such a highly controversial subject and succeeds in showing various sides of the argument and why people disagree so strongly. I found the whole book engrossing and strongly recommend it to general and specialist readerships alike. China and the Uyghurs is a go-to book for those who want to read about the Uyghurs and the Chinese state for the first time. In present times, the plight of the Uyghurs is receiving increasing attention, but their situation is still often misunderstood. Furthermore, and due to the study in China and the Uyghurs of a longer time frame than other books on the Uyghurs, those readers who are relatively familiar with the topic will still benefit from the original historical perspective of Rossabi's work. No one could write with greater authority on the borderland peoples of China and Central Asia than Morris Rossabi whose first breakthrough book on the topic was published in 1975. In his latest work, China and the Uyghurs, he presents an intriguing, uniquely informed history of the Uyghur minority from its murky origins as a distinctive linguistic, religious, tribal group in the ninth century to its 'national minority' status in the Soviet period to its contentious, indeterminate place in PRC/Xinjiang politics today. Thoroughly evidence-based, impressively evenhanded, China and the Uyghurs is a timely book, a definite must-read for Americans now assessing 'what's next' in regional power plays and ethnic group tensions following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

As a brief introduction to its topic, this is by far the best and most balanced account I have seen. Rossabi obviously knows his subject through and through. He shows a passion and enthusiasm for China and the Uyghurs that comes from years of engagement and concern. Despite its compactness, the book contains an immense amount of interesting and relevant information. Rossabi remains remarkably objective while covering such a highly controversial subject and succeeds in showing various sides of the argument and why people disagree so strongly. I found the whole book engrossing and strongly recommend it to general and specialist readerships alike.--Colin Mackerras, Griffith University

"As a brief introduction to its topic, this is by far the best and most balanced account I have seen. Rossabi obviously knows his subject through and through. He shows a passion and enthusiasm for China and the Uyghurs that comes from years of engagement and concern. Despite its compactness, the book contains an immense amount of interesting and relevant information. Rossabi remains remarkably objective while covering such a highly controversial subject and succeeds in showing various sides of the argument and why people disagree so strongly. I found the whole book engrossing and strongly recommend it to general and specialist readerships alike.--Colin Mackerras, Griffith University China and the Uyghurs is a go-to book for those who want to read about the Uyghurs and the Chinese state for the first time. In present times, the plight of the Uyghurs is receiving increasing attention, but their situation is still often misunderstood. Furthermore, and due to the study in China and the Uyghurs of a longer time frame than other books on the Uyghurs, those readers who are relatively familiar with the topic will still benefit from the original historical perspective of Rossabi's work.-- ""The New Arab"" No one could write with greater authority on the borderland peoples of China and Central Asia than Morris Rossabi whose first breakthrough book on the topic was published in 1975. In his latest work, China and the Uyghurs, he presents an intriguing, uniquely informed history of the Uyghur minority from its murky origins as a distinctive linguistic, religious, tribal group in the ninth century to its 'national minority' status in the Soviet period to its contentious, indeterminate place in PRC/Xinjiang politics today. Thoroughly evidence-based, impressively evenhanded, China and the Uyghurs is a timely book, a definite must-read for Americans now assessing 'what's next' in regional power plays and ethnic group tensions following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.--Paula S. Harrell, Georgetown University"

No one could write with greater authority on the borderland peoples of China and Central Asia than Morris Rossabi whose first breakthrough book on the topic was published in 1975. In his latest work, China and the Uyghurs, he presents an intriguing, uniquely informed history of the Uyghur minority from its murky origins as a distinctive linguistic, religious, tribal group in the ninth century to its 'national minority' status in the Soviet period to its contentious, indeterminate place in PRC/Xinjiang politics today. Thoroughly evidence-based, impressively evenhanded, China and the Uyghurs is a timely book, a definite must-read for Americans now assessing 'what's next' in regional power plays and ethnic group tensions following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.--Paula S. Harrell, Georgetown University As a brief introduction to its topic, this is by far the best and most balanced account I have seen. Rossabi obviously knows his subject through and through. He shows a passion and enthusiasm for China and the Uyghurs that comes from years of engagement and concern. Despite its compactness, the book contains an immense amount of interesting and relevant information. Rossabi remains remarkably objective while covering such a highly controversial subject and succeeds in showing various sides of the argument and why people disagree so strongly. I found the whole book engrossing and strongly recommend it to general and specialist readerships alike.--Colin Mackerras, Griffith University

Author Information

Morris Rossabi is Distinguished Professor of History at City University of New York and adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is the author of several celebrated works on Asian history and has collaborated on exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. His books include A History of China, The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction, The Mongols and Global History, and Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times.

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