Demystifying Tibet: History, Culture, People From Its Seventh-Century Origins to the Present Day - Couverture souple

Feigon, Lee

 
9781861971845: Demystifying Tibet: History, Culture, People From Its Seventh-Century Origins to the Present Day

Synopsis

An accessible and concise one-volume complete history of Tibet from the seventh-century origins of the Tibetan state to the Chinese colony of today. Historian and China expert Lee Feigon cuts through the romanticism that surrounds the Shangri-La of Western fantasy - at a time when Tibet is in danger of losing its cultural identity under Chinese rule. Feigon chronicles Tibet's history and society from the seventh-century origins of the Tibetan state through Mongol and Manchu rule in China and the advent of Western imperialism to that of Communist China - and the achievements of Tibetan secular and religious leaders down to the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama of today.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lee Feigon is chair of the east Asian Studies department and Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He has written extensively on Chinese history and politics.

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9781861971487: Demystifying Tibet: History, Culture, People From Its Seventh-Century Origins to the Present Day

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1861971486 ISBN 13 :  9781861971487
Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 1999
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