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Xinjiang and its Central Asian borderlands
Central Asian Survey • 17 (3) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 373-407
By: Raczka, Witt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a geopolitical history of the Xinjiang region beginning with the Qing Dynasty, though focusing mainly on the end of the twentieth century following the breakup of the USSR and establishment of five Central Asian states. Home to various ethnic groups and former kingdoms, the region has also been a frontier between empires, namely the Russian (later Soviet) and Chinese. The author discusses the historical interactions between the two empires and their changing attitudes and policies regarding their mutually shared borderland regions and peoples. Also covered are the distribution of ethnic groups in Xinjiang, and recent Chinese efforts to modernize and develop the region, including encouragement of Han Chinese immigration. It is argued that Xinjiang is geographically, historically, and culturally an integral part of Central Asia and should be included in any serious study of Central Asia.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Location
- Topography and geology
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2015
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1644-1997
- 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
- Witt Raczka
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86641151
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)