China's Tibet? : autonomy or assimilation / Warren W. Smith, Jr.

Author/creator Smith, Warren W.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., ©2008.
Descriptionxxi, 315 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government. --1951-.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations. --China.
China--Relations. --China. --Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Foreign public opinion.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--International status.

Contents Historical and political background -- Tibetan ethnic origins -- Tibetan empire -- Tibetan Buddhist state -- British patronage for Tibetan autonomy -- Tibetan national identity -- Tibet under Chinese communist rule -- Seventeen-point agreement -- National regional autonomy -- Autonomy in practice, political integration -- Democratic reforms in eastern Tibet -- Anti-local nationalist campaign -- Tibetan revolt -- Democratic reforms -- When serfs stood up in Tibet -- The Panchen lama's 70,000-character petition -- Serf -- Confiscated for the benefit of the people -- Cultural revolution -- Rinbur Tulku on the cultural revolution in Lhasa -- Wrath of the serfs -- Tibet transformed -- Autonomy or assimilation -- Patriotic education campaign -- China's state council white papers on Tibet -- Renewed propaganda campaign -- Sino-Tibetan dialogue -- Revival of Sino-Tibetan contacts -- China's strategy on Sino-Tibetan dialogue -- Dialogue or deadlock -- The issue of Tibet.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.
LCCN 2007049626
ISBN9780742539891 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN074253989X (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DS 786 .S557 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold