The Life and Times of George Tsarong of Tibet, 1920-1970

Paljor Tsarong

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Centuries have passed since the demise of many precapitalist agricultural states. Despite the British invasion of 1903 and the Chinese invasion in 195... Lees meer

The Social Life of Tibetan Biography

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• The Social Life of Tibetan Biography outlines the growth of the Buddhist tradition of the Tibetan teacher Tokden Shakya Shri (1853-1919) through chart... Lees meer

Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage provides a comprehensive account of the ways Tibetans are reimagining their sense of belonging in the realm... Lees meer

The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lhundrup Dargyé

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This is the first English translation of a Dalai Lama's biography, and is highly significant for the historical study of the Gaden Phodrang period, ar... Lees meer

The Life and Times of George Tsarong of Tibet, 1920-1970

Paljor Tsarong

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book examines the life of an aristocrat official of the traditional precapitalist Tibetan state. The author analyzes his education, civil service... Lees meer

The Nine-Eyed Agate

Jangbu

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• The Nine-Eyed Agate is an overview of poetry and prose written between 1984 and 2002 by one of Tibet's most well known contemporary authors and intell... Lees meer

The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China

Andrew Martin Fischer

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book explores the synergy between development and conflict in the Tibetan areas of Western China from the mid-1990s onward, when rapid economic g... Lees meer

Tibetan Environmentalists in China

Liu Jianqiang

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• In weaving together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection, this book shows Tibetans as bot... Lees meer

The Rise of Gönpo Namgyel in Kham

Yudru Tsomu

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book examines the ascendancy of a minor nineteenth-century Tibetan chieftain Gönpo Namgyel who hailed from Eastern Kham, a frontier region situat... Lees meer

The Life of the Sixteenth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

Meng Wang

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book examines the life of the sixteenth Karmapa and his contributions to the preservation and transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in exile. The auth... Lees meer

The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China

Andrew Martin Fischer

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book explores the synergy between development and conflict in the Tibetan areas of Western China from the mid-1990s onward, when rapid economic g... Lees meer

Tibet as I Knew It

Tsewang Yishey Pemba

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book is the memoir of Tsewang Yishey Pemba, as novelist and the first Western-trained medical doctor in Tibet, and whose memories of the Tibet of... Lees meer

Oral and Literary Continuities in Modern Tibetan Literature

Lama Jabb

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book reveals that the roots of modern Tibetan literature grow in the rich and fertile soil of Tibet's oral and literary traditions, rather than i... Lees meer

Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This book examines the role of Muslims in Amdo society. The contributors challenge established stereotypes of Tibetan-Muslim relations and explore his... Lees meer

The Hidden Life of the Sixth Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lhundrup Dargyé

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• This is the first English translation of a Dalai Lama's biography, and is highly significant for the historical study of the Gaden Phodrang period, ar... Lees meer