A history of modern Tibet. Volume 4 In the eye of the storm, 1957-1959

"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, which is the subject of the fourth and final volume of Melvyn C. Goldstein's quartet on the History of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldstein, Melvyn C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2019]
Subjects:
Since 1951
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Politics and government
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > History > 1951-
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Politics and government > 1951-
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > History > Uprising of 1959.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Histoire > 1951-
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Histoire > 1959 (Rébellion)
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : traditional Tibetan society
  • Historical antecedents
  • Khamba developments in Lhasa and Saipan
  • The CIA, Phala and Chushigandru
  • Chushigandru in Lhoka
  • Chushigandru and the PLA
  • The fall of Fan Ming
  • The Kashag responds
  • The Namseling delegation and Chushigandru
  • Chushigandru after Shang Ganden Chöngor
  • At the edge of the precipice
  • The Lhasa uprising begins
  • Chinese responses and the Dalai Lama's flight
  • Over the cliff
  • The end of old Tibet
  • Some final thoughts and what-ifs
  • Appendix A : Correct Tibetan spellings
  • Appendix B : Kashag's edict from Lhüntse Dzong (26 March 1959)

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