This new study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent field-work, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazakh history and culture, emphasizing the Kazakhs in twentieth century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

China's Last Nomads book. Linda Benson is professor of history at Oakland University, Michigan, and author of several books on northwestern China, including "The Ili Rebellion," (1990) "China’s Last Nomads" (1998) and "China Since 1949" (2002). She is also the author of numerous scholarly works on China’s Muslim minorities and the 20th century history of the Xinjiang region. Books by Linda Benson. This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

book by Linda Benson.

by Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg.

Recommend this journal. The Journal of Asian Studies.

This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China's minority nationalities.

by: Linda Benson; Ingvar Svanberg

by: Linda Benson; Ingvar Svanberg. Publisher: Routledge. Print ISBN: 9781563247811, 156324781X. 97815632478289781563247811, 1563247828156324781X, 9781563247828, 1563247828.

Linda Benson is Professor of Chinese History at Oakland University, Michigan, and holds degrees from .

Linda Benson is Professor of Chinese History at Oakland University, Michigan, and holds degrees from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Leeds. She is the author of a number of books, including China's Last Nomads: The History and Culture of China's Kazaks (1998) and Across China's Gobi: The Lives of Evangeline French, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French (2008). Series: Seminar Studies.