02529nam 2200541Ia 450 991045829700332120200520144314.0(CKB)2560000000051581(EBL)908523(OCoLC)64179657(SSID)ssj0000438969(PQKBManifestationID)11312602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438969(PQKBWorkID)10461325(PQKB)10497089(MiAaPQ)EBC908523(Au-PeEL)EBL908523(CaPaEBR)ebr10433175(CaONFJC)MIL289773(EXLCZ)99256000000005158120100125e20102005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLhasa[electronic resource] streets with memories /Robert BarnettNew York ;Chichester Columbia University Press20101 online resource (265 p.)Asia perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-13681-1 CONTENTS; PREFACE; A NOTE ON HISTORY; A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREAMBLE; 1THE UNITARY VIEW; 2. FOREIGN VISITORS, OSCILLATIONS, AND EXTREMES; 3. THE SQUARE VIEW AND THE OUT STRETCHED DEMONESS; 4. THE CITY, THE CIRCLE; 5. MONUMENTAL STATEMENTS AND STREET PLANS; 6. FROM CONCRETE TO BLUE GLASS; 7. THE NEW FLAMBOYANCE AND THE TIBETAN PALM TREE; 8. MESTIZO: TWO NARRATIVES CONVERGE; 9 .THE MULTILAYERED STREETS; NOTES; GLOSSARY; INDEXThere are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, and covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls and faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others' memories, whispered across time and along the cityAsia perspectives.Lhasa (China)Description and travelLhasa (China)Electronic books.951.5951/.5Barnett Robert1953-920913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458297003321Lhasa2242663UNINA