{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-tibet-volume-2-the-calm-before-the-storm-1951-1955-paperback","title":"A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm Before the Storm 1951-1955 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelvyn C. Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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 \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State, \u003c\/i\u003e Melvyn C. Goldstein critically revises our understanding of that key period in midcentury. This authoritative account utilizes new archival material, including never before seen documents, and extensive interviews with Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, and with Chinese officials. Goldstein furnishes fascinating and sometimes surprising portraits of these major players as he deftly unravels the fateful intertwining of Tibetan and Chinese politics against the backdrop of the Korean War, the tenuous Sino-Soviet alliance, and American cold war policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelvyn C. Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e is John Reynolds Harkness Professor in Anthropology and Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of many books on Tibet including \u003ci\u003eA Tibetan Revolutionary The Political Life and Times of Bapa Ph?ntso Wangye \u003c\/i\u003e(with Dawei Sherap and William R. Siebenschuh), \u003ci\u003eEssentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar, and A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by UC Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 676\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636214296883,"sku":"9780520259959","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4v9-SFV4Ih9780520259959.webp?v=1762268024","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-history-of-modern-tibet-volume-2-the-calm-before-the-storm-1951-1955-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}