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

by Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg

Overview

This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563247811
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/1997
Series:	Studies on Modern China
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg

Table of Contents

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;

Editorial Reviews

Provides an account of the history and circumstances of the Kazaks in China, particularly in the multiethnic region Xinjiang, in the 20th century, a period that saw them separated from Kazaks in the USSR, introduced to Communism, and, most recently, allowed to return to family-owned herds and flocks that constituted the local Kazak economy prior to 1949. Discusses factors that impact their future, such as increasing interaction with Han Chinese residents, and Chinese policies that determine patterns of land and water use as well as market exchange. Includes b&w photos. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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