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James A. Millward. Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang. New York: Columbia University Press. 2007. Pp. xix, 440. $40.00.

Currently Xinjiang is in area the largest province-level unit in China. It has gained considerable attention over the last couple of decades because of China's economic and strategic development and because of controversy over separatism by the main ethnic group inhabiting the region, the Uyghurs. A Turkic people, most Uyghurs are Muslim. 1
      This is the first comprehensive history of the region, tracing it from the earliest times to the present. James A. Millward has already established a reputation for excellence in the field of Xinjiang history, especially of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although this book is not all based on primary research, the author presents new interpretations and new material. The sources on which he draws are various, including not only those in English but many in Chinese and some in other languages, such as Russian and French. . . .

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