Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang

by Christian Tyler

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813535336
• ISBN13: 9780813535333
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"