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Review of Rulers on the Celestial Plain: Ecclesiastic and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet. A Study of Tshal Gung-thang, by Per K. Sørensen et al.
Bryan Cuevas provides an in-depth review of by Per K. Sørensen et al., Rulers on the Celestial Plain: Ecclesiastic and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet. A Study of Tshal Gung-thang (Bill McG...
Review of A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm before the Storm, 1951-55, by Melvyn C. Goldstein
Matthew Akester provides an in-depth review of Melvyn C. Goldstein, A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm before the Storm, 1951-55 (Bill McGrath 2009-03-30).
Population, Pasture Pressure, and School Education: Case Studies from Nag chu, TAR, PRC
Creator's Description: Academics and policymakers alike are paying increasing attention to the interactions between Tibetan highland pasture and Tibetan nomad communities. An ongoing debate foc...
Demographics, Development, and the Environment in Tibetan Areas
Subsistence and Rural Livelihood Strategies in Tibet under Rapid Economic and Social Transition
Creator's Description: This article reflects on the pivotal role of subsistence in the livelihood strategies of rural Tibetan households within the context of rapid economic and social transiti...
The Mushrooming Fungi Market in Tibet Exemplified by Cordyceps sinensis and Tricholoma matsutake
Creator's Description: The collection of wild edible fungi has a long-standing history in Tibet. Today, a wide variety of mushrooms is collected to supplement rural income. Because of the lucra...
Nomads without Pastures
The Sweet Sage and The Four Yogas: A Lost Mahāyoga Treatise from Dunhuang
Creator's Description: This article presents a previously unknown tantric treatise from the Dunhuang collections. Dating to the ninth or tenth century, the treatise is an early and important ex...
Interpreting Urbanization in Tibet: Administrative Scales and Discourses of Modernization
Creator's Description: Urbanization in Tibet is contentious but poorly understood. We reexamine data on urban growth in Lha sa in light of ongoing conversations about the urban scale in China. ...
Biodiversity Conservation and Pastoralism on the Northwest Tibetan Plateau (Byang thang): Coexistence or Conflict?
Creator's Description: The western Tibetan Plateau is currently undergoing the initiation of substantial changes in rangeland management associated with China’s drive to develop the western p...
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