Tibetan Lives

Zusatztext 'These three autobiographies have been edited (and condensed?) with great skill by Peter Richardus from Leiden All three autobiographies abound with details illuminating daily life in the Tibetan world and its interactions with the British and Chinese imperial apparatus! and for this reason alone they make intriguing reading. This is! in its way! a delightful book; and it is further garnished by photographs.' - Alastair Lamb! Bulletin of SOAS Informationen zum Autor Authored by Richardus, Peter Klappentext Including ethnographical, sociological and historico-religious data, the three autobiographies which make up this text provide a unique insight into the fight for control over Tibet at the start of the twentieth-century and the country's intermediary class. Zusammenfassung Including ethnographical, sociological and historico-religious data, the three autobiographies which make up this text provide a unique insight into the fight for control over Tibet at the start of the twentieth-century and the country's intermediary class. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I The Autobiography of Phun-tshogs Lung-rtogsPart II The Autobiography of sKar-ma Sum-dhon PaulPart III The Autobiography of Ts’an-chih Chen;

Product details

• Authors: Alex McKay, P. Richardus, Peter Richardus, Richardus Peter
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.1998
• EAN: 9780700710232
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1023-2
• Dimensions: 45 mm x 2231 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Tibet, Ethnic Studies, Autobiography: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional