The Tibetan history reader / Gray Tuttle and Kurtis R. Schaeffer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tuttle, Gray.

Schaeffer, Kurtis R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Tibetan.

Tibet Region--History.

Tibet Region.

Tibet Region--Civilization.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (749 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Dates in Tibetan History and Key Events in Neighboring Lands; PART I From Prehistory to History; 1. The Prehistory of the Tibetan Plateau to the Seventh Century A.D.; 2. Some Reflections on the Periodization of Tibetan History; 3. History as Myth; PART II Imperial Tibet (Seventh to Tenth Centuries); 4. Remarks on the Mani Kabum and the Cult of Avlokitesvara in Tibet; 5. On the TIbetan Historiography and Doxography of the ""Great Debate of Samye""; IMPERIAL POLITICS; 6. The Linguistic and HIstorical Setting of The Old Tibetan Inscriptions

7. The Tibetans in the Ordos and North ChinaPART III Tibetan Revivals (Tenth to Twelfth Centuries); 8. The Tibetan Tribes of Hexi and Buddhism During the Northern Song Period; 9. The Rulers of Western TIbet; 10. The Bon Religion of TIbet; 11. The Evolution of Monastic Power; PART IV Lamas and Patrons (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries); 12. The Perceptor-Donor Relation in Thirteenth-Century Tibetan Society and Polity; 13. The Mongol Census in Tibet; 14. Sakya Pandita's Letter to the TIbetans; PART V Centers of Power and Religious Learning (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

15. The Rise of the Pakmodru Dynasty16. Monastic Patronage in Fifteenth-Century Tibet; 17. Central Tibetan Conflict in the Sixteenth Century; 18. The He Clan of Hezhou: A Tibetan Family in Service to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties; 19. Bon in Central and East TIbet; PART VI Modern TIbet (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries); 20. The Dalai Lamas and the Origins of Reincarnate Lamas; 21. The FIfth Dalai Lama; 22. Experience, Empiricism, and the Fortunes of Authority: Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism on the Eve of Modernity; TIBET AND THE MANCHUS

23. The Administration of Tibet During the First Half-Century of Chinese Protectorate24. Lobjang Danjin's Rebellion of 1723; 25. Aristocracy and Government in Tibet 1728-1959; ECONOMY AND TRADE; 26. Gold, Wool, and Musk: Trade in Lhasa in the Seventeenth Century; 27. The Circulation of Estates in Tibet: Reincarnation, Land, and Politics; 28. The Geo-History of Long-Distance Trade in Tibet 1850-1950; INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH BEYOND CENTRAL TIBET; 29. The Kingdom of Derge; 30. Labrang: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at the Crossroads of Four CIvilizations; TIBET IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

31. Uniting Religion and Politics in A Bid for Autonomy: Lamas in Exile in China and America32. Progressives and Exiles; 33. The Genesis of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951; Full References to Original Articles; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231513548

0231513542

OCLC:

831121250