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Names: Jacobs, Justin M., author.

Title: Xinjiang and the modern Chinese state / Justin M. Jacobs.

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016. | Series: Studies on ethnic groups in China | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015044270 | ISBN 9780295995656 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)—Politics and government. | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)—Ethnic relations. | Geopolitics—China—Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. | Borderlands—China—Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. | Imperialism—History.

Classification: LCC DS793.S62 J33 2016 | DDC 951/.604—dc23

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