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Demographic and economic changes in the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Population studies20 (1)Published In 1966 • Pages: 103-124

By: Freeberne, Michael.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account of demographic and economic changes in the Xinjiang in the decade and a half following the Chinese Communist Revolution is based on newspaper and government reports. The region was a focus of economic development because of its rich mineral deposits. China's cooling relationship with the Soviet Union had political consequences leading to factional disputes within Xinjiang. The author discusses increased immigration into the region and the propaganda employed to attract and mobilize Han Chinese. Also discussed are the construction of new towns, population resettlement, land reclamation, and the development of agriculture, mines and industry.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population
Composition of population
External migration
Cultural goals
Economic planning and development
Settlement patterns
Production and supply
External relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
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.
Geographer
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
1949-1965
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
Michael Freeberne
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
49048521
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)