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Islamic Shangri-La : Inter-Asian Relations and Lhasa's Muslim Communities, 1600 to 1960 / David G. Atwill.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520971332
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Boundaries of Belonging -- Chapter 2. Confronting the Unexpected -- Chapter 3. How Half-Tibetans Made Tibet Whole -- Chapter 4. Himalayan Asia -- Chapter 5. The Tibetan Muslim Incident of 1960 -- Chapter 6. Prisoners of Shangri-La -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Title is part of eBook package: UC Press eBook-Package 2018Summary: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account demonstrates how truly cosmopolitan Tibetan society was by highlighting the hybrid influences and internal diversity of Tibet. In its exploration of the Tibetan Muslim experience, this book presents an unparalleled perspective of Tibet's standing during the rise of post-World War II Asia.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Boundaries of Belonging -- Chapter 2. Confronting the Unexpected -- Chapter 3. How Half-Tibetans Made Tibet Whole -- Chapter 4. Himalayan Asia -- Chapter 5. The Tibetan Muslim Incident of 1960 -- Chapter 6. Prisoners of Shangri-La -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account demonstrates how truly cosmopolitan Tibetan society was by highlighting the hybrid influences and internal diversity of Tibet. In its exploration of the Tibetan Muslim experience, this book presents an unparalleled perspective of Tibet's standing during the rise of post-World War II Asia.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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In English.

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