Product Description

Along with key documents and treaties, the book includes wide-ranging contributions from more than 70 scholars, reflecting contemporary scholarship and illustrating the development of our knowledge of Tibetan history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3044657 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 3
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2216 pages

From the Back Cover
The three volumes, each of around 700 pages, will analyse the early (pre-10th century), middle (1000-1900 A.D.) and modern (1900-1959) periods of Tibetan history from a variety of perspectives. Along with key documents and treaties,The History of Tibet will include wide-ranging contributions from more than 70 scholars, including such well-known names in the field as Hugh Richardson, Giuseppe Tucci, Luciano Petech, Samten Karmay, and Melvyn Goldstein. Both articles and extracts from books will be represented, along with a selection of previously unpublished maps and illustrations, and an annotated bibliography of suggested further readings. In total the volumes contain more than 130 articles, including a selection of translated, previously unpublished, and long out-of-print material. While the majority of the contributions reflect contemporary scholarship, the inclusion of writings by pioneers such as Sir Charles Bell and Sir Eric Teichman enables this work to illustrate the development of our knowledge of Tibetan history over the 20th century and reflect the state-of-the-field at the beginning of the new millennium.

About the Author
Dr Alex McKay is an Indo-Tibetan historian and research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in The Netherlands.