Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Maps xi
5. List of Tables xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. Acknowledgments xvii
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 The Multiple Heritages of Central Asia 17
10. Empire
11. 2 The Manchu Conquest of Eastern Turkestan 41
12. 3 Khoqand and Qing Silver 52
13. 4 A Kazakh Ethnographer in Kashgar 63
14. 5 Imperial Conquests 75
15. 6 A Colonial Order 96
16. 7 New Visions of the World 114
17. 8 Imperial Collapse 134
18. Revolution
19. 9 Hope and Disappointment 151
20. 10 The Threshold of the East 167
21. 11 A Soviet Central Asia 185
22. 12 Autonomy, Soviet Style 199
23. 13 Revolution from Above 215
24. 14 A Republic in Eastern Turkestan 242
25. 15 The Crucible of War 265
26. 16 Another Republic in Eastern Turkestan 281
27. Communism
28. 17 Development, Soviet Style 305
29. 18 Soviet in Form, National in Content? 331
30. 19 Xinjiang under Chinese Communism 356
31. 20 On the Front Lines of the Cold War 377
32. Postcommunism
33. 21 Unwanted Independence 397
34. 22 A New Central Asia 418
35. 23 Nationalizing States in a Globalized World 433
36. 24 Are We Still Post-Soviet? 458
37. 25 A Twenty-First- Century Gulag 475
38. Conclusion 497
39. Notes 503
40. Suggestions for Further Reading 529
41. Index 539