On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet : the Nyemo Incident of 1969 / Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, Tanzen Lhundrup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Melvyn C.

Contributor:

Jiao, Ben.

Tanzen Lhundrup.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--China.

History.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--Nyemo Incident, 1969.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nyemo Incident of 1969

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a young nun who was said to be possessed by a deity associated with the famous warrior-king Gesar. In their rampage the mob attacked, mutilated, and killed county officials and local villagers as well as People's Liberation Army troops. This groundbreaking book, the first on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, and Tanzen Lhundrup demonstrate that far from being a spontaneous battle for independence, this violent event was actually part of a struggle between rival revolutionary groups and was not ethnically based. On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet proffers a sober assessment of human malleability and challenges the tendency to view every sign of unrest in Tibet in ethno-nationalist terms.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Explanation of Romanization, Brackets, and Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Cultural Revolution in Tibet

Chapter 2: Gyenlo and Nyamdre in Nyemo County

Chapter 3: Gyenlo on the Attack

Chapter 4. Destroying the Demons and Ghosts

Chapter 5. The Attacks on Bagor District and Nyemo County

Chapter 6. The Capture of the Nun

Chapter 7. Conclusions

Chapter 8. Epilogue

Appendix 1. The Nun's Manifesto

Appendix 2. Leaflet Publishing the Text of a Speech Criticizing the Regional Party Committee

Appendix 3. The Truth about the Struggle to Seize the Power of the Tibet Daily Newspaper Office

Notes

Selected Glossary of Correct Tibetan Spellings

References

Index

Notes:

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612360695

9781282360693

1282360698

9780520942387

0520942388

OCLC:

794663691