Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State

"This book provides timely and highly valuable research on the long roots of China's relations with Xinjiang, situating today's tension and conflicts within a sweeping historical context. . . . Essential."—Choice

"Jacobs explains better than any other previous scholar how the 'empire of nations' that is the modern PRC emerged from the colonial rule of the Qing dynasty and the politics of accommodation of Republican China on the frontiers."—Peter C. Perdue, Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review

"This nicely conceived, thoroughly researched, thoughtful, and well-written book is a must-read for anyone interested in ethnicity in China."—Journal of Asian Studies

"Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State adds important new material and frames our understanding of this period of Xinjiang history. It will revise approaches to Nationalist China in general and help us compare the politics of minority ethnonationalism in post-1949 China with the similar but distinct Soviet approach."—James Millward, author of Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang

"Adds to our knowledge of the region's history and argues for placing China's ethnically distinct borderlands at the forefront of China's modern history."—Linda Benson, author of China since 1949

"With the publication of Justin M. Jacobs's Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State, our understanding of the dynamics between Han and non-Han within the late Chinese empire (the Qing / Manchu Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China) makes a quantum advance in sophistication and precision."—Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania