Book
Pivot of Asia: Sinkiang and the inner Asian frontiers of China and Russia
Little, Brown and Company • Boston, Mass. • Published In 1950 • Pages:
By: Lattimore, Owen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book provides an overview of the political history of the peoples of Xinjiang from two contrasting vantages. One is Xinjiang as the "front door" to China’s landward side. The other is Xinjiang as the focal point for international tensions in the Inner Asian region. Although there are frequent excursions into historical precedent, the main focus is on the first half of the twentieth century. The analysis of political history is supplemented with information on the peoples of Xinjiang, geography and economic development, and by several appendices dealing with the arts (including archaeological remains), critical events in external relations, and natural resources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnic stratification
- External relations
- Revolution
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leslie L. Clark
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926-1944
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 206 BC-AD 1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Owen Lattimore with the assistance of Chang Chih-yi, Chen Han-sent, John De Francis, Eleanor Lattimore, Karl H. Menges, Daniel Thorner, and Thomas Wiener.
- "An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50006506
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)
- Asia, Central--Politics and government