Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Title: The Tibetans
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Matthew Kapstein
One Sentence Summary: Introduction to Tibetans, their history, culture, and religions.

Description: Intended for students and general readers, The Tibetans provides an in-depth survey of Tibetan political and religious history, society, arts, and literature. (Christopher Bell 2006-09-07)

Publisher Place: Malden, MA
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Normalized publisher place: Malden, MA
Publisher country: United States
Publisher URL: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/
URL: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=0631225749&site=1
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Tibetan Literature
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Reference Resources
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Places-Geography
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Economics
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Society
Tantric Studies -- Buddhist Tantra
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Tibetan Sects
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Temples
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Rituals and Ceremonies
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Cultures and Ethnicities
Buddhist Studies -- Reference Resources
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Practices
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Education
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Religion -- Pilgrimage
Tibetan and Himalayan -- History -- Tibet
Cultural Coverage: Tibet and Himalayas
Temporal coverage: 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
4th century CE
5th century CE
6th century CE
7th century CE
8th century CE
9th century CE
11th century CE
12th century CE
13th century CE
14th century CE
15th century CE
16th century CE
17th century CE
18th century CE
19th century CE
20th century CE
21st century CE
Interface Language: English
Series Title: Peoples of Asia
Series editor: Morris Rossabi

Table of Contents:

List of Photographs


List of Maps


Preface


Acknowledgements


A Note on Transcription and Translation





1. The Vessel and Its Contents

High Peaks, Pure Earth


Peasants, Nomads, and Traders


The Tibetan Language





2. Prehistory and Early Legends

Sources of Archeological Evidence


Children of the Ape and the Ogress


Tibetan Religion Before Buddhism





3. The Tsenpo's Imperial Dominion

The Rise of the Tibetan Empire


Later Monarchs and the Promotion of Buddhism


The Empire's Implosion





4. Fragmentation and Hegemonic Power

Dynastic Successors and the Kingdom of Guge


The Buddhist Renaissance


Mongols and Tibetan Buddhists


Successive Hegemonies


Tibetan Buddhism and the Ming
Court





5. The Rule of the Dalai Lamas

Monastics and Monarchs


Between Mongols and Manchus


Regency and Retreat


Cultural Developments in Eastern Tibet


The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth





6. Tibetan Society

Property, Economy, and Social Class


Government and Law


Marriage and Kinship


Women in Traditional Tibet





7. Religious Life and Thought

Propitiation, Therapy, and the Life-cycle

Buddhist Basics


Monastic Institutions and Education

Tantrism and Yoga


Major Orders and Schools


Festivals, Pilgrimages, and Ritual Cycles





8. The Sites of Knowledge

The Speech Goddess's Mirror


To Form Body, Speech, and Mind


Medicine, Astronomy, and the Divinatory Sciences





9. Tibet in the Modern World

The End of Traditional Tibet


Rebellion and Exile


The Promise and Peril of Century's End





Notes


Spellings of Tibetan Names and Terms


Bibliography


Index


ISBN/ISSN: 0631225749
LOC: 2005037145
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2006-09-07 14:13:19
Date Record Checked: 2006-09-07
Date Last Modified: 2006-10-16 12:03:06
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