A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm Before the Storm 1951-1955

by Melvyn C. Goldstein

Book Overview

It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened--and why--during the 1950s. In a book that continues the story of Tibet's history that he began in his acclaimed A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State, Melvyn C. Goldstein critically revises our understanding of that key period in midcentury. This authoritative account utilizes new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520259955
• ISBN13: 9780520259959
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"