Table of Contents

List of Maps

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Purposes and Form of a Muslim History in China

1. The Frontier Ground and Peoples of Northwest China

2. Acculturation and Accommodation: China's Muslims to the 17th Century

3. Connections: Muslims in the Early Qing, 1644-1781

4. Strategies of Resistance: Integration by Violence

5. Strategies of Integration: Muslims in New China

Conclusion: Familiar Strangers

Chinese Character Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

Narrates a history of the Muslims of northwest China, at the intersection of the frontiers of the Mongolian-Manchu, Tibetan, Turkic, and Chinese cultural regions

Reviews

"This book lays the foundation for future studies of Chinese Muslims ... and demonstrates the far-reaching impact Chinese Muslims have had upon Chinese society and history." Journal of Asian and African Studies "No published study comes close to providing this kind of comprehensive and informed study of the history of Islam and Muslims in China." - John Voll, author of Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World "By far the most developed historical treatment of Muslims in China, lucidly written and useful for readers from undergraduate to specialist." - Pamela Kyle Crossley, author of Orphan Warriors and The Manchus