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Tibet unconquered: Diane Wolff; foreword by Robert Thurman. an epic struggle for freedom/

By: Wolff, DianeContributor(s): Thurman, Robert A. FMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xv, 248 p., [8] p. of plates: 25cm. ill., mapISBN: 9780230622739 (hbk.); 0230622739 (hbk.)Subject(s): Imperialism -- History | China -- Relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Relations -- China | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and Government | China -- Politics and GovernmentDDC classification: 951.505

Contents:

PART 1. Awash in the twentieth century : Tibet as the high ground of inner Asia -- Six Tibets -- Tibet's backstory -- China's backstory -- Seeds of the present problem -- The ice of the Cold War and the thaw of globalization -- PART 2. The Mongol Khans : China's claim to Tibet -- The supreme Khan and the conquest of North China -- Dethroning the golden emperor -- Taking Qungdu -- A literary man in a military government -- Chinggis Khan's successor consolidates the conquest of North China -- Reunification : Khubilai Khan and the conquest of Southern China -- Tibetan Buddhism at the center : the priest-patron relationship -- PART 3. Ming and Qing dynasties : Tibetan religious influence at the center of the Chinese imperial system -- The end of the Mongols -- Foreign relations during the Ming -- Civil war in Tibet : the emergence of the Dalai Lama -- The Manchus take the dragon throne -- China and Tibet during the Qing -- Uses of Tibetan Buddhism : managing marauding Mongols -- PART 4. The nineteenth century : the Manchus, the Raj, and the Czars -- Tibet shuffled in the great game -- The last emperor and the Dalai Lamas -- PART 5. Early twentieth century China : the Chinese imperial system falls, but the nationalists keep imperial policy in Tibet -- The failure of the Chinese center -- The nationalists and the minorities -- Between the Dalai Lamas -- The nationalists lose -- PART 6. Mid twentieth century China : the communists defeat the nationalists but keep imperial policy in Tibet -- Closing China's back door -- At Stalin's knee : the evolution of China's minority policy -- The fifties : go slow and court the elites -- The Cultural Revolution : fast track to socialism -- Mao, Zhou, and Tibetan Buddhism : propagandizing China about Tibet -- PART 7. Late twentieth century China : Hu Yaobang and the liberal policies of the eighties -- The ups and downs of the Deng era -- The soft line : Hu Yaobang reverses course -- The 1987 uprising : return to the hard line -- PART 8. Twenty-first century : a new roadmap for Tibet -- Back to the future -- Brief timeline. Robert Thurman -- Part 1. Surging Storms: Tibet as the High Ground of Inner Asia -- Part 2. The Mongol Khans: China's Claim to Tibet -- Part 3. Ming and Qing Dynasties: Tibetan Religious Influence in the Chinese Imperial System -- Part 4. Tibet and the Great Game: The Manchu, the Raj, and the Czars -- Part 5. Early Twentieth-Century China: The Nationalists Adopt Imperial Policy in Tibet -- Part 6. Mid-Twentieth-Century China: The Communists Retain Imperial Policy in Tibet -- Part 7. Late Twentieth-Century China: Hu Yaobang and the Liberal Policies of the 1980s -- Part 8. The Twenty-First Century: A New Road Map for Tibet.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	951.505 WOL/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P13063

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART 1. Awash in the twentieth century : Tibet as the high ground of inner Asia --
Six Tibets --
Tibet's backstory --
China's backstory --
Seeds of the present problem --
The ice of the Cold War and the thaw of globalization --

PART 2. The Mongol Khans : China's claim to Tibet --
The supreme Khan and the conquest of North China --
Dethroning the golden emperor --
Taking Qungdu --
A literary man in a military government --
Chinggis Khan's successor consolidates the conquest of North China --
Reunification : Khubilai Khan and the conquest of Southern China --
Tibetan Buddhism at the center : the priest-patron relationship --

PART 3. Ming and Qing dynasties : Tibetan religious influence at the center of the Chinese imperial system --
The end of the Mongols --
Foreign relations during the Ming --
Civil war in Tibet : the emergence of the Dalai Lama --
The Manchus take the dragon throne --
China and Tibet during the Qing --
Uses of Tibetan Buddhism : managing marauding Mongols --

PART 4. The nineteenth century : the Manchus, the Raj, and the Czars --
Tibet shuffled in the great game --
The last emperor and the Dalai Lamas --

PART 5. Early twentieth century China : the Chinese imperial system falls, but the nationalists keep imperial policy in Tibet --
The failure of the Chinese center --
The nationalists and the minorities --
Between the Dalai Lamas --
The nationalists lose --

PART 6. Mid twentieth century China : the communists defeat the nationalists but keep imperial policy in Tibet --
Closing China's back door --
At Stalin's knee : the evolution of China's minority policy --
The fifties : go slow and court the elites --
The Cultural Revolution : fast track to socialism --
Mao, Zhou, and Tibetan Buddhism : propagandizing China about Tibet --

PART 7. Late twentieth century China : Hu Yaobang and the liberal policies of the eighties --
The ups and downs of the Deng era --
The soft line : Hu Yaobang reverses course --
The 1987 uprising : return to the hard line --

PART 8. Twenty-first century : a new roadmap for Tibet --
Back to the future --
Brief timeline. Robert Thurman -- Part 1. Surging Storms: Tibet as the High Ground of Inner Asia -- Part 2. The Mongol Khans: China's Claim to Tibet -- Part 3. Ming and Qing Dynasties: Tibetan Religious Influence in the Chinese Imperial System -- Part 4. Tibet and the Great Game: The Manchu, the Raj, and the Czars -- Part 5. Early Twentieth-Century China: The Nationalists Adopt Imperial Policy in Tibet -- Part 6. Mid-Twentieth-Century China: The Communists Retain Imperial Policy in Tibet -- Part 7. Late Twentieth-Century China: Hu Yaobang and the Liberal Policies of the 1980s -- Part 8. The Twenty-First Century: A New Road Map for Tibet.

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