Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet
Subtitle: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity
Contributors: Melvyn C. Goldstein (Editor); Matthew T. Kapstein (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 27, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780520211315
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; International relations; Tibetan Buddhism; Tibet; Buddhism - Tibetan; Asia - China; Religion - World Religions; Religion; China; Anthropology - Cultural; Religion / General; Tibet (China); Buddhism - History; 20th century; Buddhism; History
First sentence: One of the most dramatic transformations in twentieth-century Chinese history was the shift in policy launched by the Third Plenum of the Eleventh Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress in Beijing in December 1978.