{"product_id":"holy-war-in-china-the-muslim-rebellion-and-state-in-chinese-central-asia-1864-1877-paperback-softback-9780804773645","title":"Holy War in China; The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804773645","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHoly War in China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHodong Kim (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804773645\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 2 tables, 4 illustrations, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Kim's narrative and analysis are far more complete than any other work on the rebellion.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe International History Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"Kim's highly relevant and timely study not only fills a significant lacuna in the historiography of the region but also opens the door to new scholarly enterprises.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"...\u003ci\u003eHoly War in China\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution, and it will be of interest to scholars of China, central Asia, and nineteenth-century world history.\" - \u003ci\u003eHistoire sociale\/Social History\u003c\/i\u003e \"[Kim] devoted years to scouring archival deposits around the world in his search for materials relating to the rise and fall of Yakub Beg's Kashgar-based emirate. He has put together a richly detailed and documented study based primarily on sources by Muslim scholars that provides an internal perspective on events.\" - \u003ci\u003eHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"[An] exemplary historical study, which presents the reader with a comprehensive, detailed and interesting story.\" - \u003ci\u003e Middle Eastern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July 2009, violence erupted among Uyghurs, Chinese state police, and Han residents of Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, in northwest China, making international headlines, and introducing many to tensions in the area. But conflict in the region has deep roots. Now available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eHoly War in China\u003c\/i\u003e remains the first comprehensive and balanced history of a late nineteenth-century Muslim rebellion in Xinjiang, which led to the establishment of an independent Islamic state under Ya'qūb Beg. That independence was lost in 1877, when the Qing army recaptured the region and incorporated it into the Chinese state, known today as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHodong Kim offers readers the first English-language history of the rebellion since 1878 to be based on primary sources in Islamic languages as well as Chinese, complemented by British and Ottoman archival documents and secondary sources in Russian, English, Japanese, Chinese, French, German, and Turkish. His pioneering account of past events offers much insight into current relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681227993368,"sku":"9780804773645","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/holy-war-in-china-the-muslim-rebellion-and-state-in-chinese-central-asia-1864-1877-paperback-softback-9780804773645","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}