{"product_id":"eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-revised-and-updated-9780231204552","title":"Eurasian Crossroads  A History of Xinjiang Revised and Updated","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurasian Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and comprehensive account of Xinjiang’s history and people from earliest times to the present day. This revised and updated edition features new empirically grounded and balanced analysis of developments in the region up to the present, focusing on the circumstances of the Uyghur and Xinjiang peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurasian Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e remains the best introduction to the history of this region. It draws out key phenomena and questions for each period, building from ecology and archaeology to ethnic politics. This edition includes an accessible analysis of contemporary events in context. This book was once pathbreaking—today it is essential. -- Eric Schluessel, author of \u003ci\u003eLand of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps and Figures\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Revised and Updated Edition\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e1. Ancient Encounters (earliest times–8th century)\u003cbr\u003e2. Central Eurasia Ascendant (9th–16th centuries)\u003cbr\u003e3. Between Islam and China (16th–19th centuries)\u003cbr\u003e4. Between Empire and Nation (late 19th–early 20th century)\u003cbr\u003e5. Between China and the Soviet Union (1910s–1940s)\u003cbr\u003e6. In the People’s Republic of China (1950s–1980s)\u003cbr\u003e7. Between China and the World (1990s–2000s)\u003cbr\u003e8. Colonialism, Assimilationism and Ethnocide (2000s–2020s)\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Xinjiang Historical Timeline\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862511485271,"sku":"9780231204552","price":34.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-revised-and-updated-9780231204552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}