Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the Iats, 2000. Volume 5: Amdo Tibetans in Transition - Society and Culture in the Post-Mao Era

This book investigates Tibetan recovery from the devastation of High Socialism and a new engagement with attempts to modernize the region in the era of 'reform and opening' in post-Mao China. A unique introduction to contemporary life and attitudes in north-eastern Tibet, invaluable for understanding modern Tibetan life in China today, how it developed, and what it is rapidly becoming.

About the author

Toni Huber, Ph.D. (1993), is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Victoria University, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1997-1998), and author of both The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain (Oxford, 1999) and The Guide To India by Amdo Gendun Chöphel (LTWA, 2000), as well as numerous scholarly articles on Tibetan culture and society.

Product details

• Assisted by: Toni Huber (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2002
• EAN: 9789004125964
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12596-4
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 248 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 744 g
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Librar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous