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New York [1944], Day. Blue cloth, very good, 200p., index, 5 maps, notes, statistics, tables, charts, glossary, appendix, 16 b. w. photos, 5 maps, 14 x 21 cm., introduction by Owen Lattimore, bibliography. FIRST & ONLY EDITION , *** **** *** . . IN-DEPTH INSIGHT TO XINJIAN & WESTERN CHINA, MONGOLIA . . . WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY OWEN LATTIMORE . . * Covers a very isolated & desolate part of China: the land & racial kinship of this minority people, anti-Imperialist ideas, reconstruction, clean government & Russian influence. . Based chiefly on Chinese sources not translated elsewhere, this timely work outlines the new world view of the forces, politics, various kinds of peoples [i.e.: Uygurs et al.] customs and geographical forces at play in the Inner Mongolian area of north-western China, the Takla Makan and Gobi deserts, the junction of Russia, Pakistan, China and Central Asian civilizations. . *** Owen Lattimore wrote the introduction; "China's far western "new domain," mysterious heartland of a continent, now suddenly opened, offers strategic routes for the attack on Japan and challenges the pioneers of tomorrow." . * Sinkiang [Xinjiang] is loaded with abundant mineral resources such as gold, oil, coal, copper, iron and a profusion of other valuable natural products throughout the vast unpopulated area. . *** THE CHAPTERS: Contents: Introduction: Sinkiang's Place in the Future of China by Owen Lattimore . Foreword 1. The Sino-Russian Rear 2. Sinkiang: The Land and the People 3. Sheng Shih-ts'ai and the "New Dominion" 4. Anti-imperialism 5. Kinship to 'Sovietism' 6. Racial Equality 7. Clean Government 8. Peace 9. Reconstruction 10. War Reopens Sinkiang 11. Gateway to Asia 12. A Frontier for the War and After . Appendices: 1. The Racial Question of Sinkiang 2. The Importance of Sinkiang in Chinese National Defense 3. The Eight Point Proclamation and the Six Great Policies 4. Relations with Soviet Russia . Glossaries, working Bibliography, References Notes . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic This book is bound in the original blue cloth, very clean, solid and firm. . When present this came with a dust jacket, now preserved in a Mylar protector. . *.
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