| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 639 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON ROMANIZATION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY OF KEY PERSONS AND TERMS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Introduction: Tibetan Society on the Eve of Incorporation into China; PART ONE. THE ROAD TO A SINO-TIBETAN AGREEMENT; 1. Chinese Perspectives: Radio Beijing; 2. Tibetan Perspectives: Contacts with the Chinese Communists; 3. Tibet Appeals to the United Nations; 4. Negotiations with Beijing; 5. The United States Intervenes; 6. The Dalai Lama Returns to Lhasa |
| Summary |
It is not possible to understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened during the 1950s. This book presents an understanding of that period. It furnishes portraits of these major players and unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War |
| Analysis |
1950s |
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archival |
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beijing |
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chinese communists |
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chinese government |
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chinese history |
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chinese politics |
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cold war |
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communist party |
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contemporary |
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dalai lama |
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illustrated |
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interviews |
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korean war |
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midcentury |
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modern world |
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peoples liberation army |
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political |
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politics |
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public policy |
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sino soviet alliance |
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socioeconomic reform |
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tibet |
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tibetan history |
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volume 2 |
| Notes |
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Preliminary page |
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Continues: A history of modern Tibet, 1913-1951 : the demise of the Lamaist state / Melvyn C. Goldstein; with the help of Gelek Rimpoche |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-604) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135217
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| Subject |
China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goldstein, Melvyn C.
History of modern Tibet, 1913-1951
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| LC no. |
2006038083 |
| ISBN |
9780520933323 |
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052093332X |
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9781435601956 |
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1435601955 |
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1282759523 |
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9781282759527 |
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9786612759529 |
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6612759526 |
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