Tian Huan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-134). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Part I: --- Demography in Space --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter One: --- Understanding the Data --- p.13 / Chapter 1.1 --- Formation of the administrative structure in late Qing and its GIS representation --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- Population data reconsidered --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Documenting the Demographic Patterns --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1 --- Economic Patterns --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Population density --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Area of cultivated land --- p.32 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Ratio of urban dwellers to rural dwellers --- p.36 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- " Ratio of commercial (industry, agricultural) population" --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2 --- Ethnic Patterns --- p.48 / Chapter 2.3 --- Distribution pattern of schools --- p.54 / Chapter 2.4 --- Distribution of political elite (guan and shi) --- p.55 / Chapter Part II: --- Markets in Space --- p.60 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Trade Patterns in Geographic Context --- p.60 / Chapter 3.1 --- Trade of Grains --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2 --- Cotton and cotton cloth --- p.69 / Chapter 3.3 --- Trade of fur and livestock --- p.82 / Chapter 3.4 --- Trade of Herbal Medicines --- p.88 / Chapter 3.5 --- Trade of Oil and Wine --- p.90 / Chapter 3.6 --- Overview of the Xinjiang markets in space --- p.93 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Trades within and without Xinjiang --- p.95 / Chapter 4.1. --- Foreign commercial relations --- p.95 / Chapter 4.2. --- Local marketing system: the relationship between the economies of South and North Xinj iang --- p.102 / Chapter 4.3 --- Trade with the China Proper --- p.107 / Conclusion --- p.113 / The economy and trade of Xinjiang: issues of integration and sinicization --- p.113 / Methodological implication: GIS for historical regional research --- p.119 / Appendixes --- p.121 / Glossary --- p.121 / Place Names --- p.121 / Personal Names and Terms --- p.122 / Place Name of Hanyu Pinyin and English --- p.123 / A map sample in Jiukan Xingjiang yutu --- p.124 / Bibliography --- p.125