China's Last Nomads - History and Culture of China's Kazaks

A growing interest in China's borderlands accelerated after the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, which brought independence to new states like Kazakhastan as well as a new configuration of power to Central Eurasia. Despite renewed interest in the region and its peoples, information on the Kazakhs, and particularly on the Kazakhs living in China, has remained limited. This new study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent field-work, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazakh history and culture, emphasizing the Kazakhs in twentieth century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

Sommario

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Kazaks of Northwestern China: The Physical and Cultural Setting; Chapter 2 Kazaks in Central Eurasia and China to the Twentieth Century; Chapter 3 China’s Kazaks, 1912-1949; Chapter 4 CCP Minority Policy and Its Implementation in Xinjiang; Chapter 5 Life at the Local Level: Development and Change in Xinjiang’s Autonomous Kazak Areas; Chapter 6 Kazak Culture and Chinese Politics; Chapter 7 Kazakstan and China’s Kazaks in the Twenty-First Century;

Info autore

Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Linda Benson, Benson Linda, Ingvar Svanberg, Svanberg Ingvar
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.1997
• EAN: 9781563247811
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-781-1
• Pagine: 278
• Peso: 453 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Asian History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies