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Book: East by Mid-East

Chapter: 3. Xinjiang as Portrayed in Qing’s Historical Gazetteers Housed at the Library of Congress

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.21219

Blurb:

This chapter outlines a general portrait of the region currently known as Xinjiang using the Qing’s gazetteers collection housed at the Library of Congress from three dimensions: the administrative system, surveys of national resources, and the Qing’s attitude toward economy, ethnicity, and cultural and religious affairs.

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