Tibet : A Political History

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300008988 . No signatures. A little bruising to top corners of boards and head of spine. Some adhesive tape stains on endpapers. Some wear and 5mm chips at ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. xii, [xiii-xvi], 369 pages + folding map and fascimile passport in pocket at rear. Gold cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 154mm. Contents: Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; An Introduction to Tibet; The Empire of the Early Kings of Tibet; The Struggle for Religious Survival; Lamas and Patrons; The Phamo Drupa, Rinpung, and Tsangpa Hegemonies; The Emergence of the Dalai Lamas; The Fifth Dalai Lama Assumes Power; Rival Powers in Tibet; The Seventh Dalai Lama and the Beginning of Manchu Influence in Tibet; War with the Gurkhas and the Dogras; Desi Shatra and Palden Dondup: Strong Men of the Nineteenth Century; The Thirteenth Dalai Lama and Britain's Border Policy; The Younghusband Military Expedition and Its Aftermath; The 1910 Chinese Invasion of Lhasa and Tibet's Struggle to Maintain Her Independence; Further Evidence of Tibetan Independance; Clashes Between Tibetans and Chinese in Kham; The Whirlwind of Political Strife; The Communist Chinese Invasion; The Revolt; Conclusion; Appendix: 1. Ladakhi Letter of Agreement, 1842; 2. Tibetan Letter of Agreement, 1842; 3. Tibet-Ladakh Trade Agreement, 1853; 4. Speech by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, at the Symposium on Buddhism's Contribution to Art, Letters, and Philosophy on November 29, 1956, New Delhi, India; Glossary of Tibetan Terms; Bibliography; Index. .