About this title: Tibet exerts a powerful fascination far beyond its borders. Given its very remoteness and the all-encompassing character of Tibetan Buddhism, it has been the setting for countless works of romance, adventure and fantasy. Yet relatively few writers have studied Tibet as an evolving, contemporary society, despite the fact that for the last forty years this nation of over 5 million people has been confronting a dual challenge more critical than any other since the 'dark ages' of the tenth century: surviving Chinese Communism and confronting modernity. This book describes the character of that ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: orig. boards
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Date Published: (1994)
Description: Textual map, tables & photos. Slight corner bumps, minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xxx, 314 pp. Contains 13 papers + postscript & appendix concerning History: Economics & Ideology; Identity: Language, Ritual & Culture; Exile: Resistance & Diplomacy; Resistance in Tibet 1987-1990. Includes: Premen Addy "British & Indian Strategic Perceptions of Tibet"; Warren W. Smith "The Nationalities Policy of the Chinese Communist Party & the Socialist Transformation of Tibet"; Melvyn C. Goldstein ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1994-12
ISBN-13:9780253311313ISBN:0253311314
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Date Published: 1899-12-30
ISBN-13:9788120813717ISBN:8120813715
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Description: London: 1994, xxx, 314 pp., illus. in b&w. Wraps. Fifteen essays divided into four sections: History, Identity, Exile and Resistance including: 'The Ideological Impact on Tibetan Art' by Per Kvaerne and 'Mountain Cults and National Identity in Tibet' by Samten G. Karmay. In Dj. read more
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