LEADER 03718nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910467601003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-72538-7 010 $a1-118-72537-9 035 $a(CKB)4330000000000436 035 $a(EBL)700150 035 $a(OCoLC)922903700 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000889637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12466522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000889637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10876959 035 $a(PQKB)11245783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC700150 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL700150 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10719123 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000000436 100 $a20130628d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Tibetans$b[electronic resource]$fMatthew T. Kapstein 210 $aMalden, Mass. $cBlackwell Pub.$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (386 p.) 225 1 $aThe Peoples of Asia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-631-22574-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover ; Title Page ; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Maps ; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transcription and Translation; 1 The Vessel and Its Contents ; High Peaks, Pure Earth; Peasants, Nomads, and Traders; The Tibetan Language; 2 Prehistory and Early Legends ; Sources of Archeological Evidence; Children of the Ape and the Ogress; Tibetan Religion before Buddhism; 3 The Tsenpo's Imperial Dominion ; The Rise of the Tibetan Empire; Later Monarchs and the Promotion of Buddhism; The Empire's Implosion; 4 Fragmentation and Hegemonic Power ; Dynastic Successors and the Kingdom of Guge? 327 $aThe Buddhist RenaissanceMongols and Tibetan Buddhists; Successive Hegemonies; Tibetan Buddhism and the Ming Court; 5 The Rule of the Dalai Lamas ; Monastics and Monarchs; Between Mongols and Manchus; Regency and Retreat; Cultural Developments in Eastern Tibet; The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth; 6 Tibetan Society ; Property, Economy, and Social Class; Government and Law; Marriage and Kinship; Women in Traditional Tibet; 7 Religious Life and Thought ; Propitiation, Therapy, and the Life-cycle ; Buddhist Basics; Monastic Institutions and Education; Tantrism and Yoga 327 $aMajor Orders and SchoolsFestivals, Pilgrimages, and Ritual Cycles; 8 The Sites of Knowledge ; The Speech-Goddess's Mirror ; To Form Body, Speech, and Mind; Medicine, Astronomy, and the Divinatory Sciences; 9 Tibet in the Modern World ; The End of Traditional Tibet ; Rebellion and Exile; The Promise and Peril of Century's End; Notes; Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms; Bibliography; Index 330 $a""In the past, for largely geographical reasons, Tibet was isolated from the rest of the world, which meant that our country, people and culture were not only shrouded in mystery, but often gravely misunderstood. More recently, as interest has grown, scholarship concerning Tibet has improved beyond expectation, although it has often singled out narrow topics for consideration. In producing this substantial book, which takes a broad view of Tibetans and their civilization, within a long historical perspective, Matthew Kapstein has brought to his work the authority and clarity he has acquired th 410 0$aPeoples of Asia. 607 $aTibet Autonomous Region (China)$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a951/.5 700 $aKapstein$b Matthew$0777952 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910467601003321 996 $aTibetans$91686295 997 $aUNINA