A history of modern Tibet . Volume 3 The storm clouds descend, 1955-1957 / / Melvyn C. Goldstein

• Autore: Goldstein Melvyn C
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (590 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 951.5055
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Asia / General; RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
• Soggetto geografico: Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History 1951-; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Politics and government 1951-
• Soggetto non controllato: 1950s; anthropology; anti-communist group; asian history; autonomous region; buddhism; chinese government documents; chinese government; chinese history; critical years; dalai lama; democratic reforms; great contraction; in depth interviews; indian intelligence; jenkhentsisum; lhasa; mao zedong; modern tibet; preparatory committee for a tibet autonomous region; sichuan province; sino tibetan relations; tibet; tibetan books; tibetan buddhism; tibetan relations; tibetan uprising; unpublished memoirs; world politics
• Classificazione: HIS003000SOC002010REL007000
• Altri autori: GoldsteinMelvyn C
• Note generali: Continues: A history of modern Tibet. Volume 2, The calm before the storm, 1951-1955.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Glossary of Key People and Terms -- Ganzi County Names in Tibetan and Chinese -- First Steps -- Pushback -- Mao's "Socialist Transformation Campaign" and Democratic Reforms in Sichuan -- The Khamba Uprising Begins -- The Rise of Jenkhentsisum -- Jenkhentsisum Expands and India Invites the Dalai Lama -- The Mönlam Incident of 1956 and Its Aftermath -- The Chinese Government Responds to the Uprising -- The Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (PCTAR) -- Fan Ming's "Great Expansion" -- The Dalai Lama Visits India -- The Khambas, JKTS, and the CIA -- The Dalai Lama Returns -- The "Great Contraction" and the "Great Discontinuance" -- Final Thoughts -- ; Appendix A. Appeal of Thubten Nyenjik [JKTS] to the Queen of England -- ; Appendix B. Correct Tibetan Spellings.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened in the 1950's. The third volume in Melvyn Goldstein's History of Modern Tibet series, The Calm before the Storm, examines the critical years of 1955 through 1957. During this period, the Preparatory Committee for a Tibet Autonomous Region was inaugurated in Lhasa, and a major Tibetan uprising occurred in Sichuan Province. Jenkhentsisum, a Tibetan anti-communist émigré group, emerged as an important player with secret links to Indian Intelligence, the Dalai Lama's Lord Chamberlain, the United States, and Taiwan. And in Tibet, Fan Ming, the acting head of the CCP's office in Lhasa, launched the "Great Expansion," which recruited many thousands of Han Cadres to Lhasa in preparation for beginning democratic reforms, only to be stopped decisively by Mao Zedong's "Great Contraction" which sent them back to China and ended talk of reforms in Tibet for the foreseeable future. In Volume III, Goldstein draws on never-before seen Chinese government documents, published and unpublished memoirs and diaries, and invaluable in-depth interviews with important Chinese and Tibetan participants (including the Dalai Lama) to offer a new level of insight into the events and principal players of the time. Goldstein corrects factual errors and misleading stereotypes in the history, and uncovers heretofore unknown information on the period to reveal in depth a nuanced portrait of Sino-Tibetan relations that goes far beyond anything previously imagined.
• Titolo autorizzato: A history of modern Tibet
• ISBN: 0-520-95671-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790865303321
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