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In Ukrainian it's Kyiv, in Russian Kiev. As Ukraine celebrates ten years of independence, ancient histories have ignited linguistic and other differences that divide this buffer state between western Europe and the vast Eurasian subcontinent

Explores political, social, economic, and cultural conditions since independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; some focus on relations with Belarus and Russia; 8 articles. Contents: A matter of identity; Who is Ukraine?, by Vera Rich; Ukraine's ethnic kitchen, by Andrei Kurkov; The most dangerous place, by Olena Nikolayenko; Two worlds and Big Brother, by Mykola Riabchuk; Don't be afraid of the dark, by Andrei Kurkov; The story of Chernobyl; Voices of Chernobyl, by Natalie Nougayrède.

Starting with Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father (1992), the recent writings of Richard Rodriguez not only have stressed the centrality of cultural interaction and exchange, but have also resorted to Jose Vasconcelos's notion of the "cosmic race" in their analyses of contemporary American reality. Although his essays havepoints in common with theories of the "border"and of the "borderlands," Rodriguez's celebration of hybridity has not led him to automatically embrace progressive public policies. On the contrary, he now bases his criticisms of affirmative action and bilingual education on the "cosmic race"and the concomitant emphasis on cultural hybridity. However, he has also become a defender of immigrant and gay rights. Rodriguez's writings question the frequent assumption of a necessary linkage between the acknowledgment of hybridity and the defense of multiculturalism. But they also question what is "conservative" or 'progressive" within the Chicano community.

Introduction / S. Frederick Starr -- Political and cultural history of the Xinjiang region through the late 19th century / James A. Milward and Peter C. Perdue -- Political history and strategies of control, 1884-1978 / James A. Milward and Nabijan Tursun -- The Chinese program of development and control, 1978-2001 / Dru C. Gladney -- The great wall of steel: military and strategy in Xinjiang / Yitzhak Shichor -- The economy of Xinjiang Call Wiemer -- Education and social mobility among minority populations in Xinjiang / Linda Benson -- A "land of borderlands": implications of Xinjiang's trans-border interactions / Sean R. Roberts -- The demography of Xinjiang / Stanley W. Toops -- The ecology of Xinjiang: a focus on water / Stanley W. Toops -- Public health and social pathologies in Xinjiang / Jay Dautcher -- Acculturation and resistance: Xinjiang identities in flux / Justin Rudelson and Jonathan N. Lipman -- Islam in Xinjiang / Graham E. Fuller and Jonathan N. Lipman -- Contested histories / Gardner Bovingdon, with contributions by Nabijan Tursun -- Respnses to Chinese rule: patterns of cooperation and opposition / Dr C. Gladney