Tibet in the Western Imagination [electronic resource] /
Neuhaus, T.author.
Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both Tibet and their home cultures.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Representations, 1853-1904 -- Lifting the veil -- Knowledge, Ethnography and Orientalism -- Missionaries and the Evils of "Lamaism" -- Science and Exploration -- Part II. Representations, 1904-1947 -- Developing Diplomacy -- Racial and Social Orders -- From Religion to Spirituality -- Mountains and Men -- Part III. Legacies, 1947-1959 -- Coping with "loss" : Tibet after 1947 -- Conclusion and Epilogue.
Neuhaus explores the roots of the long-standing European fascination with Tibet, from the Dalai Lama to the Abominable Snowman. Surveying a wide range of travel accounts, official documents, correspondence and fiction, he examines how different people thought about both Tibet and their home cultures.
Asia-History.
History, Modern.
Asian History.
Modern History.