| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 236 p.) |
| Contents |
The Cultural Revolution in Tibet -- Gyenlo and Nyamdre in Nyemo County -- Gyenlo on the attack -- Destroying the demons and ghosts -- The attacks on Bagor District and Nyemo County -- The capture of the nun |
| Summary |
Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a young nun who was said to be possessed by a deity associated with the famous warrior-king Gesar. In their rampage the mob attacked, mutilated, and killed county officials and local villagers as well as People's Liberation Army troops. This groundbreaking book, the first on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanti |
| Analysis |
Tibet (China) History Nyemo Incident, 1969 |
| Notes |
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Prelim. p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Kulturrevolution -- Tibet.
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Kulturrevolution.
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| SUBJECT |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History -- Nyemo Incident, 1969.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008004378
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China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024126
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| Subject |
China
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China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
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Tibet
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Tibet -- Politik -- Geschichte 1945-2000.
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Tibet.
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Tibet -- historia -- 1966-1976.
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China -- Kulturrevolution.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jiao, Ben
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Tanzen Lhundrup
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| LC no. |
2021696553 |
| ISBN |
9780520942387 |
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0520942388 |
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9781282360693 |
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1282360698 |
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