A History Of Modern Tibet 1913 1951

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520911768
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Tibetan Question," the nature of Tibet's political status vis-à-vis China, has been the subject of often bitterly competing views while the facts of the issue have not been fully accessible to interested observers. While one faction has argued that Tibet was, in the main, historically independent until it was conquered by the Chinese Communists in 1951 and incorporated into the new Chinese state, the other faction views Tibet as a traditional part of China that split away at the instigation of the British after the fall of the Manchu Dynasty and was later dutifully reunited with "New China" in 1951. In contrast, this comprehensive study of modern Tibetan history presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. Drawing on a wealth of British, American, and Indian diplomatic records; first-hand-historical accounts written by Tibetan participants; and extensive interviews with former Tibetan officials, monastic leaders, soldiers, and traders, Goldstein meticulously examines what happened and why. He balances the traditional focus on international relations with an innovative emphasis on the intricate web of internal affairs and events that produced the fall of Tibet. Scholars and students of Asian history will find this work an invaluable resource and interested readers will appreciate the clear explanation of highly polemicized, and often confusing, historical events.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520075900
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 2. 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.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520259955
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520249417
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, volume 2 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened—and why—during the 1950s. In a book that continues the story of Tibet's history that he began in his acclaimed A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State, Melvyn C. Goldstein critically revises our understanding of that key period in midcentury. This authoritative account utilizes new archival material, including never before seen documents, and extensive interviews with Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, and with Chinese officials. Goldstein furnishes fascinating and sometimes surprising portraits of these major players as he deftly unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War, the tenuous Sino-Soviet alliance, and American cold war policy.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520267907
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource revisits the Nyemo incident, which has long been romanticised as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. The authors show that far from being a spontaneous battle for independence, this event was actually part of a struggle between rival revolutionary groups and was not ethnically based.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520278554
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 4 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not possible to understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950s, especially the events that occurred in 1957–59. The fourth volume of Melvyn C. Goldstein's History of Modern Tibet series, In the Eye of the Storm, provides new perspectives on Sino-Tibetan history during the period leading to the Tibetan Uprising of 1959. The volume also reassesses issues that have been widely misunderstood as well as stereotypes and misrepresentations in the popular realm and in academic literature (such as in Mao’s policies on Tibet). Volume 4 draws on important new Chinese government documents, published and unpublished memoirs, new biographies, and a large corpus of in-depth, specially collected political interviews to reexamine the events that produced the March 10th uprising and the demise of Tibet’s famous Buddhist civilization. The result is a heavily documented analysis that presents a nuanced and balanced account of the principal players and their policies during the critical final two years of Sino-Tibetan relations under the Seventeen-Point Agreement of 1951.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520911840
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-09-06 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Half of the words are read by implication." This Tibetan saying explains the main difficulty Westerners face in learning to read Tibetan fluently. This book will allow beginners to understand the logic of Tibetan grammar and syntax through graded readings and narrative explanations. The large glossary, which is indexed by page, will serve as an invaluable reference grammar for readers of Tibetan at all levels. The reading course includes a wide range of modern literary styles from literature, history, current affairs, newspapers, and even communist political essays.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520956710
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3 written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 émigré 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, Fan Ming, the acting head of the CCP’s office in Lhasa, launched the "Great Expansion," which recruited many thousands of Han Cadres to Lhasa in preparation for beginning democratic reforms, only to be stopped decisively by Mao Zedong’s "Great Contraction" which sent them back to China and ended talk of reforms in Tibet for the foreseeable future. In Volume III, Goldstein draws on never-before seen Chinese government documents, published and unpublished memoirs and diaries, and invaluable in-depth interviews with important Chinese and Tibetan participants (including the Dalai Lama) to offer a new level of insight into the events and principal players of the time. Goldstein corrects factual errors and misleading stereotypes in the history, and uncovers heretofore unknown information on the period to reveal in depth a nuanced portrait of Sino-Tibetan relations that goes far beyond anything previously imagined.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520204379
Total Pages : 1214 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-04-03 with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This most current Tibetan-English dictionary surpasses existing dictionaries in both scope and comprehensiveness.

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520212541
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Snow Lion and the Dragon written by Melvyn C. Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon his deep knowledge of the Tibetan culture and people, Goldstein takes us through the history of Tibet, concentrating on the political and cultural negotiations over the status of Tibet from the turn of the century to the present. He describes the role of Tibet in Chinese politics, the feeble and conflicting responses of foreign governments, overtures and rebuffs on both sides, and the nationalistic emotions that are inextricably entwined in the political debate. Ultimately, he presents a plan for a reasoned compromise, identifying key aspects of the conflict and appealing to the United States to play an active diplomatic role.