The Tibetan history reader /
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, 2013. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 720 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10075570 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Dates in Tibetan
- History and Key Events in Neighboring Lands
- Maps
- 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: On the Appropriation of the Past in Tibetan Culture
- Part II. Imperial Tibet (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)
- 4. Remarks on the Mani Kabum and the Cult of Avalokitesvara in Tibet
- 5. On the Tibetan Historiography and Doxography of the 'Great Debate of Samyé.'
- Imperial Politics
- 6. The Context of Old Tibetan Inscriptions
- 7. The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History
- Part III. Tibetan Revivals (Tenth to Twelfth Centuries)
- 8. The Tibetan Tribes of Hexi and Buddhism during the Northern Song Period
- 9. Rulers of Western Tibet
- 10. The Bön Religion of Tibet
- 11. The Evolution of Monastic Power
- Part IV. Lamas and Patrons: Tibet and the Mongols (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries)
- 12. The Preceptor-Donor Relation in Thirteenth Century Tibetan Society and Polity, its Inner Asian Precursors and Indian Models
- 13. The Mongol Census in Tibet
- 14. Sakya Pandita's Letter to the Tibetans: A Late and Dubious Addition to His Collected Works
- Part V. Centers of Power and Religious Learning (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
- 15. The Rise of the Pakmodru Dynasty
- 16. Monastic Patronage in 15th century Tibet
- 17. Central Tibetan Conflict in the 16th Century
- 18. The He Clan of Hezhou: A Tibetan Family in Service to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
- 19. Bön in Central and Eastern Tibet
- Part VI. Modern Tibet (Seventeenth to Twentieth Centuries)
- Central Tibetan Leadership
- 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 Protectorate
- 24. Lobjang Danjin's Rebellion of 1723
- 25. Aristocracy and Government in Tibet: 1728--1959
- Trade and Commerce
- 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 Dergé
- 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 America
- 32. Progressives and Exiles
- 33. The Genesis of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951
- Full References to Original Articles
- Bibliography
- Index
