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A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955–1957
Melvyn C. Goldstein
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Description for A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955–1957
Hardback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. This title examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20 halftones and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 948.
It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. The third volume in Melvyn Goldstein's History of Modern Tibet series, The Calm before the Storm, examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. During this period, the Preparatory Committee for a Tibet Autonomous Region was inaugurated in Lhasa, and a major Tibetan uprising occurred in Sichuan Province. Jenkhentsisum, a Tibetan anti-communist emigre group, emerged as an important player with secret links to Indian Intelligence, the Dalai Lama's Lord Chamberlain, the United States, and Taiwan. And in Tibet, ... Read more
It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. The third volume in Melvyn Goldstein's History of Modern Tibet series, The Calm before the Storm, examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. During this period, the Preparatory Committee for a Tibet Autonomous Region was inaugurated in Lhasa, and a major Tibetan uprising occurred in Sichuan Province. Jenkhentsisum, a Tibetan anti-communist emigre group, emerged as an important player with secret links to Indian Intelligence, the Dalai Lama's Lord Chamberlain, the United States, and Taiwan. And in Tibet, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520276512
SKU
V9780520276512
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About Melvyn C. Goldstein
Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor in Anthropology, Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books on Tibet, including A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye (with Dawei Sherap and William R. ... Read more
Reviews for A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955–1957
"[The] analysis in Melvyn Goldstein's great history are invaluable and incomparable. Goldstein reveals the deeper, often disconcerting record." New York Review of Books