Beginning with the history of Xinjiang and its Chinese Muslims, Gardner Bovingdon follows 50 years of Uyghur discontent, particularly the development of individual and collective acts of resistance since 1949.
AcknowledgmentsNote on RomanizationAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Using the Past to Serve the Present2. Heteronomy and Its Discontents3. Everyday Resistance: Guerrilla Actions in the Battle over Public Opinion4. Collective Action and Violence5. Uyghur Transnational OrganizationsConclusionEpilogue: Urumci's "Hot Summer" of 2009Appendix: Organized Protests and Violent Events in Xinjiang, 1949-2005NotesReferencesIndex