| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Using the past to serve the present -- Heteronomy and its discontents -- Everyday resistance: guerrilla actions in the battle over public opinion -- Collective action and violence -- Uyghur transnational organizations |
| Summary |
For close to half a century, the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, in northwestern China, have struggled to achieve autonomy and independence. As reflected by recent events, however, their efforts have been met mostly with violent resistance, matched by a sophisticated strategy of state-sanctioned propaganda, dissident broadsides, and viral ethnonational rhetoric. Nevertheless, this Muslim minority remains passionate about establishing and expanding its power within government, and China's leaders continue to push back, refusing to concede any physical and political ground. Beginning wi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-268) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- History -- 20th century
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Nationalism -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Ethnic relations
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Nationalism
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Uighur (Turkic people)
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| SUBJECT |
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
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China -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
China
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China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231519410 |
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0231519419 |
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