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In weaving together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection, this book shows Tibetans as both products of an admirable culture and as complex individuals negotiating religious ideals, economic change, and sociopolitical constraints. In short, it opens up a whole new way of understanding Tibet.
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Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary maps of routes across Tibet, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also the story of how the Wise Collection came to be in the British Library. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery. It will entertain and inform anyone with an interest in this fascinating region. This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.
Himalaya Mountains --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- Himalaya --- Tibet (Chine)
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- China --- 5.310. --- Tibet Region
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The Historical Dictionary of Tibet is the most comprehensive dictionary published to date on Tibetan history. It covers the history of Tibet from 27,000 BCE to the present through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,000 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, culture, anthropology, and sociology. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tibet.<
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This study examines the role of Chinese state schooling in the construction of Tibetan ethnic identity. Based on ethnographic research at Minzu University, it analyzes various patterns of ethnic identification among students and investigates the ways in which minority education in China functions to cultivate ideological loyalty to the state.
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Answering a critical need for an accurate, in-depth history of Tibet, this single-volume resource reproduces essential, hard-to-find essays from the past fifty years of Tibetan studies. Covering the social, cultural, and political development of Tibet from the seventh century to the modern period, the volume is organized chronologically and regionally to complement courses in Asian and religious studies and world civilizations.Beginning with Tibet's emergence as a regional power and concluding with its profound contemporary transformations, this anthology offers both a general and
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Buddhism --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Buddhism - China - Tibet.
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« Lieu de neige et de genévriers » : Pascale Dollfus a vécu plus de deux ans dans ce village ladakhi au nom poétique situé à 3900 mètres d’altitude. Dans ce livre, elle décrit les sites ainsi que les gestes, les pratiques journalières, et les rites de ces paysans sédentaires bouddhistes qui parlent un dialecte tibétain. Mais au-delà d’une description minutieuse et sensible du quotidien villageois, elle propose une réflexion nouvelle sur les liens de sang et de résidence dans cette partie du monde. À la lumière de l’histoire de cet ancien royaume indépendant et en le comparant avec le Grand Tibet et les communautés tibétophones du Népal, Pascale Dollfus montre le rôle de la notion de « maison » dans le système de parenté et dans la structure sociale, et dépeint la manière dont le bouddhisme « innerve » la société ladakhi. Ce « lieu de neige et de genévriers » n’est pas un lieu isolé. Aux confins de l’Inde et du Tibet, il participe à l’histoire des sociétés himalayennes.
Anthropology --- culture --- bouddhisme --- société --- ethnologie --- Tibet
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This volume deals with specific issues related to Tibetan art, ranging from the earliest Buddhist buildings in central, southern and eastern geocultural Tibet up to the artistic traditions flourishing in the 20th century. The papers are arranged following the chronology of the sites or the themes taken into consideration in the first part and logical criteria in the latter part. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white pictures and 32 pages of colour plates, its contents are of special interest to scholars and specialists, while a large part is accessible to non-specialists, too, which makes the book useful also to university students interested in the subject as well as amateurs of Tibetan art.
Art, Tibetan --- Buddhist art --- Tibet Region --- Civilization
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