Tibetan Environmentalists in Ccb

In weaving together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection, this book shows Tibetans as both products of an admirable culture and as complex individuals negotiating religious ideals, economic change, and sociopolitical constraints. In short, it opens up a whole new way of understanding Tibet.

List of contents

Chapter One: Seeking Buddha
Chapter Two: Coming Out
Chapter Three: Wasteland
Chapter Four: Love
Chapter Five: Seeking the Way
Chapter Six: Running away
Chapter Seven: Homecoming
Epilogue: Return to Lhasa
Appendix: Interview Time and Location 
 

About the author

By Liu Jianqiang - Translated by Ian Rowen; Cyrus K. Hui and Emily T. Yeh

Summary

In weaving together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection, this book shows Tibetans as both products of an admirable culture and as complex individuals negotiating religious ideals, economic change, and sociopolitical constraints. In short, it opens up a whole new way of understanding Tibet.

Product details

• Authors: Liu Jianqiang, Jianqiang Liu
• Assisted by: Cyrus K. Hui (Translation), Hui Cyrus K. (Translation), Ian Rowen (Translation), Rowen Ian (Translation), Emily Yeh (Translation), Emily T. Yeh (Translation), Yeh Emily T. (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780739199732
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9973-2
• Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture; Studies in Modern Tibetan Cult; Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Tibet, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Pollution & threats to the environment, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Environmental policy & protocols, Pollution and threats to the environment, Environmental policy and protocols