Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration and Usage -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 Theoretical Framework -- 1.2 Recent Scholarly Contributions -- 1.3 The Time Frame -- 1.4 Methods -- 1.5 Structure of this Work -- Chapter Two Place and People -- 2.1 Place -- 2.2 History -- 2.3 People -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter Three Economic and Social Organization -- 3.1 From Ya'qub Beg to Mao -- 3.2 Demography and Group Relations -- 3.3 The Economy -- 3.4 Social Structure: Access to Power -- 3.5 Taxes, Corruption and Migration -- 3.6 Summary -- Chapter Four Regulating Social Relations: The Force of Custom -- 4.1 Dispute Settlement -- 4.2 Family Law and Gender Relations -- 4.3 The Law of Hospitality -- 4.4 Summary -- Chapter Five The Life Cycle -- 5.1 Entering the Human Community -- 5.2 Circumcision -- 5.3 Marriage -- 5.4 Divorce -- 5.5 Polygamy, Temporary Marriage, Adultery -- 5.6 Moral Evaluations -- 5.7 Celebrating Female Fertility -- 5.8 Death Rituals and the Afterlife -- 5.9 Summary -- Chapter Six Religion, Islamic Institutions and Dealing with the Supernatural -- 6.1 Islam in Eastern Turkestan -- 6.2 Islamic Institutions -- 6.3 Manifestations of Faith -- 6.4 Healing -- 6.5 Summary -- Chapter Seven Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Frequently Used Turki/Uyghur Terms -- Index.