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A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955-1957
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A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955-1957 Hardcover - 2013

by Melvyn C. Goldstein


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"This volume, like the previous two, is the most comprehensive account of Tibet's modern history and its interaction with China that no other existing books can match. The scholarship is superior. The amount of primary sources employed and the author's capability in synthesizing massive materials into a coherent, easy to digest narrative is unparalleled."--Ho-fung Hung, Associate Professor of Sociology at The Johns Hopkins University and author of Protest with Chinese Characteristics

"This volume continues Goldstein's foundational contribution to understanding the history of modern Tibet. On a topic contested by contradictory memories, interests, and politics, Goldstein provides a unique breadth of documents and interviews as well as his own narrative. With this book in hand, all serious future research will have to begin with a much broader and more complex reality than hitherto has been possible."--Brantly Womack, Miller Center C K Yen Chair and Professor of Foreign Affairs, U. of Virginia

Praise for previous volumes:

"Impressively meticulous. [A] wealth of well-ordered detail and primary source material, both Tibetan and Chinese."--Times Literary Supplement (TLS)

"An excellent and gripping read not only for historians."--Vineeth Mathoor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi South Asia Research

"A prodigious piece of scholarship drawing on an extensive range of primary sources and interviews . . . . As an in-depth study of Sino-Tibetan relations in this period it is currently unmatched."--Alex McKay New Zealand Journal Of Asian Studies

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  • Title A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955-1957
  • Author Melvyn C. Goldstein
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press
  • Date 2013-12-07
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520276512 / 0520276515
  • Weight 2.08 lbs (0.94 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.37 x 1.8 in (23.34 x 16.18 x 4.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013030870
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.505

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Citations

  • Choice, 07/01/2014, Page 0
  • New York Review of Books, 07/10/2014, Page 55

About the author

Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor in Anthropology, Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books on Tibet, including A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phntso Wangye (with Dawei Sherap and William R. Siebenschuh), Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar, and volumes 1 and 2 of A History of Modern Tibet, all published by UC Press.
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