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Rutgers University Press 2004 hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
ISBN10: 0813535336, ISBN13: 9780813535333, [publisher: Rutgers University Press] Hardcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, Date: 2004. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.314 2004. Rutgers University Press ISBN 0813535336 9780813535333 [CA]
Rutgers University Press, Date: 2004. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2004. Rutgers University Press ISBN 0813535336 9780813535333 [US]
ISBN10: 0813535336, ISBN13: 9780813535333, [publisher: Rutgers University Press] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0813535336, ISBN13: 9780813535333, [publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ] Hardcover Unused, clean, bright, square and tight copy bound in black boards with red title on spine, and black marker stripe on bottom page edges, else fine. Dust jacket is unclipped, pristine, and protected in mylar. A former staff writer for the "Financial Times" of London explores this region of China, home to the world's second largest sand desert. Surveys the region's violent history, mummies of European appearance, rugged geography, and current politics. 314 pages includes index, notes, B&W maps, drawings, and photos. [Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0813535336, ISBN13: 9780813535333, [publisher: Rutgers University Press] Hardcover First Edition Closed to the world for half a century, like a black hole in the Asian landmass, the wilderness of Xinjiang in northwest China is returning to the light. The picture it presents is both fascinating and disturbing.Despite a savage landscape and climate, Xinjiang has a rich past: sand-buried cities, painted cave shrines, rare creatures, and wonderfully preserved mummies of European appearance. Their descendants, the Uighurs, still farm the tranquil oases that ring the dreaded Taklamakan, the worlds second largest sand desert, and the Kazakh and Kirghiz herdsmen still roam the mountains. The regions history, however, has been punctuated by violence, usually provoked by ambitious outsiders-nomad chieftains from the north, Muslim emirs from Central Asia, Russian generals, or warlords from inner China.The Chinese regard the far west as a barbarian land. Only in the 1760s did they subdue it, and even then their rule was repeatedly broken. Compared with the Russians conquest of Siberia, or the Americans trek west, Chinas colonization of Xinjiang has been late and difficult. The Communists have done most to develop it, as a penal colony, as a buffer against invasion, and as a supplier of raw materials and living space for an overpopulated country. But what China sees as its property, the Uighurs regard as theft by an alien occupier. Tension has led to violence and savage r ...
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Nevada Wier/CORBIS (Jacket Photo); 875 Design (Jacket Design). 314 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. 2003. Rutgers University Press ISBN 0813535336 9780813535333 [US]
ISBN10: 0813535336, ISBN13: 9780813535333, [publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ] Hardcover 314 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. [The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
Rutgers University Press, Date: 2004. First edition. Illustrated. Hard cover. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 2004. Rutgers University Press ISBN 0813535336 9780813535333 [US]
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Rutgers University Press, Date: 2004-08-06. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Rutgers University Press ISBN 0813535336 9780813535333 [US]
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