Islamic China - An Asian History

Islamic China traces the interlinked stories of twenty Chinese Muslims across the centuries, spanning ethnic groups, sects, and imperial borders. Collectively, their experiences point to the ordinariness of Islam within China, even as Muslims have been subject to centuries of minoritization under myriad Chinese regimes.

About the author

Rian Thum is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester. A contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and The Nation, he is the author of The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History, winner of the Fairbank Prize for East Asian History from the American Historical Association and the Hsu Prize for East Asian Anthropology from the American Anthropological Association.

Product details

• Authors: Thum Rian
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.11.2025
• EAN: 9780674976801
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97680-1
• Illustrations: 9 photos, 1 illus., 1 table
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, China, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, Islamic Studies, Asian History, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities