Tibet : a history /

Tibet : a history /

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Author / Creator:	Van Schaik, Sam, author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011] ©2011
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- History. China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300759

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ISBN:	9780300172171 0300172176 9780300154047 0300154046 9780300194104 0300194102
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-303) and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	Presents a comprehensive history of the country, from its beginnings in the seventh century, to its rise as a Buddhist empire in medieval times, to its conquest by China in 1950, and subsequent rule by the Chinese.
Other form:	Print version: Van Schaik, Sam. Tibet. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300154047
Standard no.:	10.12987/9780300172171

Table of Contents:

Tibet appears, 600-700
The holy Buddhist empire, 700-797
Keepers of the flame, 797-1054
Patrons and priests, 1054-1315
Golden age, 1315-1543
The rise and fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543-1757
The balancing act, 1757-1904
Independence, 1904-1950
Under the Red Flag, 1950-1959
Two Tibets, 1959 to the present.