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An edition of The dragon in the land of snows (1999)

The dragon in the land of snows

a history of modern Tibet since 1947

by and

  • 3 Want to read

"This definitive history of modern Tibet - based entirely on unpublished primary sources and written by a Western-educated Tibetan author - shatters the popular perception of Tibet as an isolated Shangri-la unaffected by broader international developments and rises above the simplistic dualism so often encountered in accounts of Tibet's contested recent history."--BOOK JACKET.

"With careful and thorough documentation, the author details the Chinese depredations of Tibet and the many concomitant shifts in policy and political fortune. However, he also reveals the failures of the Tibetan leadership's myopic and divided strategies to engage the Chinese by on the one hand pursuing a policy of coexistence with communist China and on the other trying to preserve her unique identity as a Buddhist state under the leadership of the Dalai Lama."--BOOK JACKET.

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Columbia University press, Columbia University Press
Language
English
Pages
574

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Subjects

History, POLITICAL CONDITIONS, CHINA, XIZANG (China), TWENTIETH CENTURY, Tibet autonomous region (china), economic conditions, Tibet autonomous region (china), history, Tibet autonomous region (china), politics and government, Tibet autonomous region (china), social conditions, New York Times reviewed

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Tibet (China), Tibet Autonomous Region (China)

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20th century, 1951-

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Cover of: Dragon in the Land of Snows
Dragon in the Land of Snows: The History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
2012, Penguin Random House
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Cover of: Long zai xue yu
Long zai xue yu: yi jiu si qi nian hou de Xizang
2011, Zuo an wen hua
in Chinese - Chu ban
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Cover of: The dragon in the land of snows
The dragon in the land of snows: a history of modern Tibet since 1947
2000, Penguin Compass
in English
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The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
October 3, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Cover of: The Dragon in the Land of Snows
The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947
October 3, 2000, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Cover of: The dragon in the land of snows
The dragon in the land of snows: a history of modern Tibet since 1947
1999, Columbia University press, Columbia University Press
in English
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The dragon in the land of snows: a history of modern Tibet since 1947
1999, Pimlico
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Table of Contents

The lull before the storm
China invades
Tibet appeals to the UN and the 17-point agreement
An uneasy co-existence
The rift
The revolt
The flight of the Dalai Lama
The international response and Tibet at the UN
Reform and repression
War in the Himalayas
Socialist transformation Tibet
The cultural revolution
Revolution postponed?
A road to the New Tibet
Postscript.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [527]-546) and index.

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Other Titles
History of modern Tibet since 1947

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Library of Congress
DS786 .S49 1999, DS786.T679 1999, DS786 .T679 1999

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xxix, 574 p. :
Number of pages
574

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OL13626300M
ISBN 10
0231118147
LCCN
99014020
OCLC/WorldCat
40783846
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25273
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On 15 August 1947, India became an independent nation and inherited the political influence and the privileges that Britain had gained in Tibet.
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