Uyghur nation reform and revolution on the Russia-China frontier
Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2016
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| Summary: | Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation. |
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| Physical Description: | 347 pages illustrations, map 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674660373 |