The Tibetan History Reader

ISBN 10: 0231144695 / ISBN 13: 9780231144698

Edité par Columbia University Press, 2013

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Softcover Paperback with only minor reading wear; underlining in last couple chapters. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

N° de réf. du vendeur 2.3.0147

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Tibetan History Reader
• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0231144695
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780231144698
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, this resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies, along with several new contributions. Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, the collection is both a general and specific history, connecting the actions of individuals, communities, and institutions to broader historical trends shaping Asia and the world. With contributions from American, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan scholars, the anthology reflects the international character of Tibetan studies and its multiple, interdisciplinary perspectives. By far the most concise scholarly anthology on Tibetan civilization in any Western language, this reader draws a clear portrait of Tibet's history, its relation to its neighbors, and its role in world affairs.

À propos de l?auteur

Gray Tuttle is the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibet in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China and the editor of Mapping the Modern in Tibet, and coeditor, with Kurtis R. Schaeffer and Matthew T. Kapstein, of Sources of Tibetan Tradition.

Kurtis R. Schaeffer is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Culture of the Book in Tibet and Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, and coeditor, with Gray Tuttle and Matthew T. Kapstein, of Sources of Tibetan Tradition.