Books by Andrew D. Forbes
Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia
by Andrew D. Forbes
A political history of Xinjiang during the republican period, when Pan-Turkic Islam was the most significant factor determining cultural identity.
Interviews where books by Andrew D. Forbes were recommended
The best books on Uyghur Nationalism, recommended by Michael Dillon
It’s hard to understand what’s going on in the Xinjiang region of China and the nationalism of the Uyghurs who live there without reading some history. Here Professor Michael Dillon, a historian at King’s College London, suggests books to read on the Uyghurs, focusing in particular on scholars and diplomats whose work gives insight into the period before the Chinese Communist takeover in 1949.
