| Author: | Rian Thum | ISBN: | 9780674967021 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rian Thum |
| ISBN: | 9780674967021 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | October 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing’s national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past.
For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing’s national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past.
