Geopolitics, Ideology, and the Frontier: Understanding the Continuity in Motivations behind Conquest and Administrative Policy in Xinjiang, 1688-Present
View/ Open
Author
McIntyre, John
Subject
Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in East Asian Studies
China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Qing Dynasty (China)
Communism
Zhongguo gong chan dang
China
Metadata
Show full item recordDescription
John McIntyre is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University. Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] . . . By attempting to trace the origins of the ideological and geopolitical motives behind the Chinese administration in Xinjiang throughout the Qing period and the Communist era, this paper will attempt to answer several questions framed by the main argument of the thesis.
. . .
These three main questions, presented in chronological order, are 1) Why did Xinjiang matter to the Qing, 2) Why and when did the initial motives behind the Qing administration and conquest shift during the Qing era, and 3) Why did Xinjiang matter to the CCP after 1949? . . . [From Introduction] John W. McIntyre, III