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Freeing Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts
| Freeing Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts John B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RobertsElizabeth A |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-09113-1
9786612091131 0-8144-1375-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part One. Struggle -- Warriors of the fortress of faith -- The tennis champion of Darjeeling -- The dharma beatniks and the island of the dead -- All tsampa eaters must stand together -- The Dalai Lama's great escape -- Eisenhower expands the covert war -- Hearts and minds -- America's secret Bay of Pigs -- Part Two. Resilience -- Wheels within wheels -- Cultural revolutions -- Nixon embraces China -- Counterculture to the rescue -- Part Three. Hope -- The Dalai Lama finds a middle way -- The 1990s: the Tibetan movement goes global -- The Tibetan national uprising of 2008 -- The last Dalai Lama? -- What is to be done to free Tibet? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454091003321 |
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Freeing Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts
| Freeing Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts John B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RobertsElizabeth A |
| ISBN |
1-282-09113-1
9786612091131 0-8144-1375-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part One. Struggle -- Warriors of the fortress of faith -- The tennis champion of Darjeeling -- The dharma beatniks and the island of the dead -- All tsampa eaters must stand together -- The Dalai Lama's great escape -- Eisenhower expands the covert war -- Hearts and minds -- America's secret Bay of Pigs -- Part Two. Resilience -- Wheels within wheels -- Cultural revolutions -- Nixon embraces China -- Counterculture to the rescue -- Part Three. Hope -- The Dalai Lama finds a middle way -- The 1990s: the Tibetan movement goes global -- The Tibetan national uprising of 2008 -- The last Dalai Lama? -- What is to be done to free Tibet? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777751803321 |
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Roberts John B
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| New York, : AMACOM, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Freeing Tibet : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts
| Freeing Tibet : 50 years of struggle, resilience, and hope / / John B. Roberts II, Elizabeth A. Roberts |
| Autore | Roberts John B |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RobertsElizabeth A |
| ISBN |
1-282-09113-1
9786612091131 0-8144-1375-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part One. Struggle -- Warriors of the fortress of faith -- The tennis champion of Darjeeling -- The dharma beatniks and the island of the dead -- All tsampa eaters must stand together -- The Dalai Lama's great escape -- Eisenhower expands the covert war -- Hearts and minds -- America's secret Bay of Pigs -- Part Two. Resilience -- Wheels within wheels -- Cultural revolutions -- Nixon embraces China -- Counterculture to the rescue -- Part Three. Hope -- The Dalai Lama finds a middle way -- The 1990s: the Tibetan movement goes global -- The Tibetan national uprising of 2008 -- The last Dalai Lama? -- What is to be done to free Tibet? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810080703321 |
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Roberts John B
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| New York, : AMACOM, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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On the margins of Tibet : cultural survival on the Sino-Tibetan frontier / / Ashild Kolas and Monika P. Thowsen
| On the margins of Tibet : cultural survival on the Sino-Tibetan frontier / / Ashild Kolas and Monika P. Thowsen |
| Autore | Kolas Ashild |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThowsenMonika P |
| Collana | Studies on ethnic groups in China |
| Soggetto topico | Ethnology |
| ISBN | 0-295-80410-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 / The Setting; 2 / Religious Sites and the Practice of Religion; 3 / The Dilemmas of Education in Tibetan Areas; 4 / In Search of Tibetan Culture; 5 / Culture As a Way of Life; 6 / Tibetan Culture on the Margins: Destruction or Reconstruction?; Appendixes; 1 / Administrative Divisions in the People's Republic of China; 2 / Demographic Composition in the Autonomous Prefectures; 3 / Data on Religion; 4 / Data on Bilingual Education; 5 / Place-Names in Chinese and Tibetan; 6 / Guide for Semi-Structured Interviews
NotesChinese and Tibetan Glossary; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910372826703321 |
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Kolas Ashild
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| Seattle ; ; London, : University of Washington Press, c2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh
| Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh |
| Autore | Yeh Emily T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Collana | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China - Tibet Autonomous Region
Economic assistance, Chinese Tibetans - Ethnic identity |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6977-5
1-322-52357-6 0-8014-6978-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliterations and Place Names -- Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction -- 1. State Space: Power, Fear, and the State of Exception -- Part I. Soil -- The Aftermath of 2008 (I) -- 2. Cultivating Control: Nature, Gender, and Memories of Labor in State Incorporation -- Part II. Plastic -- Lhasa Humor -- 3. Vectors of Development: Migrants and the Making of "Little Sichuan" -- 4. The Micropolitics of Marginalization -- 5. Indolence and the Cultural Politics of Development -- Part III. Concrete -- Michael Jackson as Lhasa -- 6. "Build a Civilized City": Making Lhasa Urban -- 7. Engineering Indebtedness and Image: Comfortable Housing and the New Socialist Countryside -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Fire -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453518503321 |
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Yeh Emily T
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| Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh
| Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh |
| Autore | Yeh Emily T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Collana | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China - Tibet Autonomous Region
Economic assistance, Chinese Tibetans - Ethnic identity |
| Soggetto non controllato | protests in Lhasa, Tibetan livelihoods, territorialization, Chinese migration, and urbanization |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6977-5
1-322-52357-6 0-8014-6978-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliterations and Place Names -- Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction -- 1. State Space: Power, Fear, and the State of Exception -- Part I. Soil -- The Aftermath of 2008 (I) -- 2. Cultivating Control: Nature, Gender, and Memories of Labor in State Incorporation -- Part II. Plastic -- Lhasa Humor -- 3. Vectors of Development: Migrants and the Making of "Little Sichuan" -- 4. The Micropolitics of Marginalization -- 5. Indolence and the Cultural Politics of Development -- Part III. Concrete -- Michael Jackson as Lhasa -- 6. "Build a Civilized City": Making Lhasa Urban -- 7. Engineering Indebtedness and Image: Comfortable Housing and the New Socialist Countryside -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Fire -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791079503321 |
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Yeh Emily T
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| Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh
| Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development / / Emily T. Yeh |
| Autore | Yeh Emily T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Collana | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China - Tibet Autonomous Region
Economic assistance, Chinese Tibetans - Ethnic identity |
| Soggetto non controllato | protests in Lhasa, Tibetan livelihoods, territorialization, Chinese migration, and urbanization |
| ISBN |
0-8014-6977-5
1-322-52357-6 0-8014-6978-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliterations and Place Names -- Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction -- 1. State Space: Power, Fear, and the State of Exception -- Part I. Soil -- The Aftermath of 2008 (I) -- 2. Cultivating Control: Nature, Gender, and Memories of Labor in State Incorporation -- Part II. Plastic -- Lhasa Humor -- 3. Vectors of Development: Migrants and the Making of "Little Sichuan" -- 4. The Micropolitics of Marginalization -- 5. Indolence and the Cultural Politics of Development -- Part III. Concrete -- Michael Jackson as Lhasa -- 6. "Build a Civilized City": Making Lhasa Urban -- 7. Engineering Indebtedness and Image: Comfortable Housing and the New Socialist Countryside -- Conclusion -- Afterword: Fire -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824521903321 |
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Yeh Emily T
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| Ithaca, New York ; ; New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper
| Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper |
| Autore | Halper Lezlee Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Soggetto topico |
Myth - Political aspects - History - 20th century
World politics - 1945-1989 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-023790-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458372203321 |
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Halper Lezlee Brown
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper
| Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper |
| Autore | Halper Lezlee Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Soggetto topico |
Myth - Political aspects - History - 20th century
World politics - 1945-1989 |
| ISBN | 0-19-023790-2 |
| Classificazione | POL031000HIS050000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. Earliest Beginnings in the Western Imagination -- 2. Sir Francis Younghusband : Soldier, Visionary, Romantic -- 3. British and Nazi Versions of the Tibetan Image -- 4. Stilwell, the Burma Hump, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) -- 5. The First Truman Administration -- 6. The Iron Triangle : the China Lobby, the Red Scare, and the Catholic Church -- 7. Truman and India -- 8. Tibetan Independence : Resting upon a Three-Legged Stool -- 9. The Matter of Tibet's Status -- 10. Lowell Thomas in Tibet -- 11. Major Douglas Mackiernan : A Tragic Incident -- 12. "The Bearded Khampa" : Tibet's Paul Revere -- 13. 1950 : The PLA Invades Korea and Tibet -- 14. Nehru's Non-Alignment, the Korean War, and Tibet -- 15. The Dalai Lama and Henderson's Plan -- 16. Mr. Nehru Again -- 17. Formosa : The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier -- PART II -- 18. The Eisenhower Era -- 19. Pakistan : A New American Ally -- 20. The Panchsheel Agreement : An Indo-Chinese Condominium -- 21. Nehru's Bid for Global Prominence -- 22. NSC Directive 5412 : Structuring CIA Operations -- 23. Mobilizing Religion -- 24. Meanwhile, a World Away -- 25. Gyalo Thondup : A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma -- 26. Washington's Covert Program in Tibet -- 27. The South Asian Rubik Cube -- 28. The Dalai Lama Leaves Tibet -- 29. Tibet and the United Nations -- 30. The Dalai Lama, Nehru, and the Chinese : A Difficult Mix -- 31. Conclusion -- 32. Postscript -- Appendix: Seventeen-Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (1951). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791300003321 |
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Halper Lezlee Brown
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper
| Tibet : an unfinished story / / Lezlee Brown Halper, Stefan Halper |
| Autore | Halper Lezlee Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (406 p.) |
| Disciplina | 951/.505 |
| Soggetto topico |
Myth - Political aspects - History - 20th century
World politics - 1945-1989 |
| ISBN | 0-19-023790-2 |
| Classificazione | POL031000HIS050000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. Earliest Beginnings in the Western Imagination -- 2. Sir Francis Younghusband : Soldier, Visionary, Romantic -- 3. British and Nazi Versions of the Tibetan Image -- 4. Stilwell, the Burma Hump, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) -- 5. The First Truman Administration -- 6. The Iron Triangle : the China Lobby, the Red Scare, and the Catholic Church -- 7. Truman and India -- 8. Tibetan Independence : Resting upon a Three-Legged Stool -- 9. The Matter of Tibet's Status -- 10. Lowell Thomas in Tibet -- 11. Major Douglas Mackiernan : A Tragic Incident -- 12. "The Bearded Khampa" : Tibet's Paul Revere -- 13. 1950 : The PLA Invades Korea and Tibet -- 14. Nehru's Non-Alignment, the Korean War, and Tibet -- 15. The Dalai Lama and Henderson's Plan -- 16. Mr. Nehru Again -- 17. Formosa : The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier -- PART II -- 18. The Eisenhower Era -- 19. Pakistan : A New American Ally -- 20. The Panchsheel Agreement : An Indo-Chinese Condominium -- 21. Nehru's Bid for Global Prominence -- 22. NSC Directive 5412 : Structuring CIA Operations -- 23. Mobilizing Religion -- 24. Meanwhile, a World Away -- 25. Gyalo Thondup : A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma -- 26. Washington's Covert Program in Tibet -- 27. The South Asian Rubik Cube -- 28. The Dalai Lama Leaves Tibet -- 29. Tibet and the United Nations -- 30. The Dalai Lama, Nehru, and the Chinese : A Difficult Mix -- 31. Conclusion -- 32. Postscript -- Appendix: Seventeen-Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (1951). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816399303321 |
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Halper Lezlee Brown
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| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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