Record Nr.

UNINA9910456835103321

Autore

Goldstein Melvyn C

Titolo

On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : the Nyemo Incident of 1969 / / Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, Tanzen Lhundrup

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-36069-8

9786612360695

0-520-94238-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JiaoBen

Tanzen Lhundrup

Disciplina

951/.5056

Soggetti

History - China

Electronic books.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History Nyemo Incident, 1969

China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Prelim. p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Explanation of Romanization, Brackets, and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Cultural Revolution in Tibet -- Chapter 2: Gyenlo and Nyamdre in Nyemo County -- Chapter 3: Gyenlo on the Attack -- Chapter 4. Destroying the Demons and Ghosts -- Chapter 5. The Attacks on Bagor District and Nyemo County -- Chapter 6. The Capture of the Nun -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 8. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The Nun's Manifesto -- Appendix 2. Leaflet Publishing the Text of a Speech Criticizing the Regional Party Committee -- Appendix 3. The Truth about the Struggle to Seize the Power of the Tibet Daily Newspaper Office -- Notes -- Selected Glossary of Correct Tibetan Spellings -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a young nun who was said to be possessed by a deity associated with the famous warrior-king Gesar. In

their rampage the mob attacked, mutilated, and killed county officials and local villagers as well as People's Liberation Army troops. This groundbreaking book, the first on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome of Tibetan nationalist resistance against China. Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ben Jiao, and Tanzen Lhundrup demonstrate that far from being a spontaneous battle for independence, this violent event was actually part of a struggle between rival revolutionary groups and was not ethnically based. On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet proffers a sober assessment of human malleability and challenges the tendency to view every sign of unrest in Tibet in ethno-nationalist terms.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384804403316

Autore

Head Richard <1637?-1686?>

Titolo

Proteus redivivus, the art of wheedling or insinuation, in general and particular conversations and trades [[electronic resource] ] : together with the several actions, inclinations and passions of both sexes, and of all their professions and occupations : discovering their many tricks and designs to self-advancement, though by indirect wayes and methods, fitly suited to these times, to prevent the vertuous from abuses, and to detect the enormities of the vitious : furnished with many delightful songs in various chapters / / compil'd and publish'd formerly by R.H. but now reprinted with additions in every chapter, to almost one half of the book, by the same author

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London, : Printed for W.D., and are to be sold by most booksellers of London and Westminster, 1684

Descrizione fisica

[25], 322 p., 1 leaf of plates

Soggetti

Swindlers and swindling

Rogues and vagabonds