Ebook: The Tibetan history reader
Author: Schaeffer Kurtis R., Tuttle Gray
- Tags: Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Civilization. Tibet Region -- Civilization. Tibet Region -- History. Tibet Plateau of -- Civilization. Tibet Plateau of -- History. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Civilization. China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: New York, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), China--Tibet Autonomous Region
- Language: English
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Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian and religious studies and world Read more...
Abstract: Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian and religious studies and world civilizations. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, this anthology offers both a general and