Bulletin Of The Institute Of China Border Area Studies

Author : Julie G. Marshall
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415336473

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Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 by Julie G. Marshall Pdf

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period 1765 to 1947. As such it also involves British relations with Russia and China, and with the Himalayan states of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti, Kumaon and Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, in so far as British policy towards these states was affected by her desire to establish relations with Tibet. It also covers a subject of some importance in contemporary diplomacy. It was the legacy of unresolved problems concerning Tibet and its borders, bequeathed to India by Britain in 1947, which led to border disputes and ultimately to war between India and China in 1962. These borders are still in dispute today. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and article in their historical context. Most entries are also annotated. This work is therefore both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.

Author : Morris Rossabi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520945364

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Khubilai Khan by Morris Rossabi Pdf

Living from 1215 to 1294, Khubilai Khan is one of history’s most renowned figures. Morris Rossabi draws on sources from a variety of East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European languages as he focuses on the life and times of the great Mongol monarch. This 20th anniversary edition is updated with a new preface examining how twenty years of scholarly and popular portraits of Khubilai have shaped our understanding of the man and his time.

Author : Julie Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134327850

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Britain and Tibet 1765-1947 by Julie Marshall Pdf

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period from 1765 to 1947. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and articles in their historical context. This work is both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.

Author : Diana Lary
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774840873

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The Chinese State at the Borders by Diana Lary Pdf

The People's Republic of China claims to have 22,000 kilometres of land borders and 18,000 kilometres of coast line. How did this vast country come into being? The state credo describes an ancient process of cultural expansion: border peoples gratefully accept high culture in China and become inalienable parts of the country. And yet, the "centre" had to fight against manifestations of discontent in the border regions, not only to maintain control over the regions themselves, but also to prevent a loss of power at the edges from triggering a general process of regional devolution in the Han Chinese provinces. The essays in this volume look at these issues over a long span of time, questioning whether the process of expansion was a benevolent civilizing mission.

Author : Ruth W. Dunnell
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824862718

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The Great State of White and High by Ruth W. Dunnell Pdf

“A major contribution to our understanding of the rise of the Tangut as a cultural and political unity.” —Studies of Central and East Asian Religions“ Ruth Dunnell's long-awaited book on Buddhism and Tangut state formation expands on themes raised in her earlier work on Tangut history, in particular, the place of Buddhism in the early Xia state officially founded by Li (Weiming) Yuanhao in 1038 and the role of the empress dowager regents in preserving that state against external and internal enemies.” —China Review International

Author : Geoff Childs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520241339

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Tibetan Diary by Geoff Childs Pdf

High in the Nepali Himalaya are a number of ethnic Tibetan communities. Geoff Childs presents a portrait of Nubri & Kutang in which he chronicles the daily lives of community members in all their tangled intricacies.

Author : Hans Robert Roemer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9783112402290

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History of the Turkic Peoples in the Pre-Islamic Period / Histoire des Peuples Turcs à l'Époque Pré-Islamique by Hans Robert Roemer Pdf

"Philogiae Turcicae fundamenta tomus tertius "

Author : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226485515

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Prisoners of Shangri-La by Donald S. Lopez Pdf

To the Western imagination, Tibet evokes exoticism, mysticism, and wonder: a fabled land removed from the grinding onslaught of modernity, spiritually endowed with all that the West has lost. Originally published in 1998, Prisoners of Shangri-La provided the first cultural history of the strange encounter between Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Donald Lopez reveals here fanciful misconceptions of Tibetan life and religion. He examines, among much else, the politics of the term “Lamaism,” a pejorative synonym for Tibetan Buddhism; the various theosophical, psychedelic, and New Age purposes served by the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead; and the unexpected history of the most famous of all Tibetan mantras, om mani padme hum. More than pop-culture anomalies, these versions of Tibet are often embedded in scholarly sources, constituting an odd union of the popular and the academic, of fancy and fact. Upon its original publication, Prisoners of Shangri-La sent shockwaves through the field of Tibetan studies—hailed as a timely, provocative, and courageous critique. Twenty years hence, the situation in Tibet has only grown more troubled and complex—with the unrest of 2008, the demolition of the dwellings of thousands of monks and nuns at Larung Gar in 2016, and the scores of self-immolations committed by Tibetans to protest the Dalai Lama’s exile. In his new preface to this anniversary edition, Lopez returns to the metaphors of prison and paradise to illuminate the state of Tibetan Buddhism—both in exile and in Tibet—as monks and nuns still seek to find a way home. Prisoners of Shangri-La remains a timely and vital inquiry into Western fantasies of Tibet.

Author : Asimov, Muhammad Seyfeydinovich,Bosworth, Clifford Edmund,UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231034671

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History of civilizations of Central Asia by Asimov, Muhammad Seyfeydinovich,Bosworth, Clifford Edmund,UNESCO Pdf

Part One: The Historical, Social and Economic SettingDuring the eight centuries covered in this volume, the new faith of Islam arose in Arabia and gradually spread eastwards and northwards, eventually affecting much of Central Asia, the southern fringes of Siberia and the eastern regions of China. These were also the centuries in which nomadic and military empires arose in the heart of Asia, impinging on the history of adjacent, well-established civilizations and cultures (China, India, Islamic Western Asia and Christian eastern and central Europe) to an unparalleled extent. Lamaist Buddhism established itself inthe Mongolian region and in Tibet and Islam among the Turkish people of Transoxania, southern Siberia and Xinjiang. It was in Eastern Europe, above all in Russia, that the Turco-Mongol Golden Horde was to have a major, enduring influence on the course of the region's history.

Author : Lan Wu
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231556354

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Common Ground by Lan Wu Pdf

The Qing empire and the Dalai Lama-led Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism came into contact in the eighteenth century. Their interconnections would shape regional politics and the geopolitical history of Inner Asia for centuries to come. In Common Ground, Lan Wu analyzes how Tibetan Buddhists and the Qing imperial rulers interacted and negotiated as both sought strategies to expand their influence in eighteenth-century Inner Asia. In so doing, she recasts the Qing empire, seeing it not as a monolithic project of imperial administration but as a series of encounters among different communities. Wu examines a series of interconnected sites in the Qing empire where the influence of Tibetan Buddhism played a key role, tracing the movement of objects, flows of peoples, and circulation of ideas in the space between China and Tibet. She identifies a transregional Tibetan Buddhist knowledge network, which provided institutional, pragmatic, and intellectual common ground for both polities. Wu draws out the voices of lesser-known Tibetan Buddhists, whose writings and experiences evince an alternative Buddhist space beyond the state. She highlights interactions between Mongols and Tibetans within the Qing empire, exploring the creation of a Buddhist Inner Asia. Wu argues that Tibetan Buddhism occupied a central—but little understood—role in the Qing vision of empire. Revealing the interdependency of two expanding powers, Common Ground sheds new light on the entangled histories of political, social, and cultural ties between Tibet and China.

Author : Jonathan D. Spence,John Elliot Wills
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300026722

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From Ming to Ch'ing by Jonathan D. Spence,John Elliot Wills Pdf

The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the takeover of China by Manchu rulers in the 1640s were of crucial importance in the late history of China. But because traditional Chinese sources arbitrarily divide the century at the change of dynasty in 1644, it has been difficult to form a clear picture of the transition. The nine essays in this book will contribute significantly toward understanding the complexity of change and continuity over the span of time leading up to and resulting from the tumult of the mid-1600s. "The fullest introduction in English to the Ming-Ch'ing transition."--Tom Fisher, Pacific Affairs "No other recent work compares with its scope, and no older work can stand up to the introduction of its new materials and perspectives."--Library Journal " This book] makes a valuable contribution to Ming-Ch'ing studies and should be required reading for anyone interested in the two dynasties."--James B. Parsons, American Historical Review

Author : Mark C. Elliott
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0804746842

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The Manchu Way by Mark C. Elliott Pdf

In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation.

Author : Shelly Bhoil,Enrique Galvan-Alvarez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498552394

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Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage by Shelly Bhoil,Enrique Galvan-Alvarez Pdf

Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focusing on developments taking place in Tibet and the diaspora, this collection of essays addresses a wide range of issues at the heart of Tibetan modernity. From the political dynamics of the exiled community in India to the production of contemporary Tibetan literature in the PRC, the collection delves into various aspects of current significance for the Tibetan community worldwide such as the construction of Bon identity in exile, the strategic use of the discourse of development or the issue of cultural and linguistic purity in an increasingly hybrid and globalized world. Moving away from the preservationist paradigm that regards Tibetan culture as an endangered and precious object, the essays in this book portray Tibetan identities in motion, as lived subjectivities that travel, change and creatively reimagine themselves on various global stages. Even if recent Tibetan history is marked by imposed transitions and a sense of dispossession, this collection highlights the ways Tibetans have not only managed traumatic historical events but also become agents of change and reinventors of their own traditions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cold War
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU18088880

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Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : China
ISBN : UCSD:31822015966849

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Directory of R & D Institutions in the Republic of China by Anonim Pdf