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      English-Tibetan Dictionary of Modern Tibetan

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      Specifies the Tibetan terms that correspond to the submeanings of a single English term. This dictionary contains roughly 16,000 main entries, most of which have multiple subentries. It also notes…

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      The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      Tensions over the ‘Tibet Question’ - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China…

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      A History of Modern Tibet, volume 2: The Calm before the Storm: 1951-1955

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened - and why - during the 1950s. This work offers an…

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

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950’s. This title examines the critical years of 1955…

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      A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 4: In the Eye of the Storm, 1957-1959

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      It is not possible to understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950s, especially the events that occurred in 1957-59. The fourth…

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      A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State

      Melvyn C. Goldstein,Gelek Rimpoche

      Presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. This book examines what happened and why. It balances the traditional focus on international relations with an emphasis…

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      Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar

      Melvyn C. Goldstein,Gelek Rimpoche,Lobsang Phuntshog

      The first really practical general grammar of the language. –F.K. Lehman, University of Illinois

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      On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969

      Melvyn C. Goldstein,Ben Jiao,Tanzen Lhundrup

      Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and…

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      The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

      Tashi Tsering,Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh

      An autobiography of Tashi Tsering, the Tibetan nationalist with a burning desire to reform and modernize the old society . It covers his search for education in Tibet and his…

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      The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

      Tashi Tsering,Melvyn C. Goldstein,William R Siebenschuh

      An autobiography of Tashi Tsering, the Tibetan nationalist with a burning desire to reform and modernize the old society . It covers his search for education in Tibet and his…

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      Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity

      Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring…

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      A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye

      Melvyn C. Goldstein,Dawei Sherap,William R. Siebenschuh

      An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world’s most tragic and dangerous…

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      The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan

      Melvyn C. Goldstein

      This dictionary contains more than 80,000 lexical items used in political, social, economic, literary, and scientific discourse including words that have come into use since Tibet was incorporated into the…

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